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WHICH WILL GUIDE A CHAPLAIN IN THE PERFORMANCE 

OF THE DUTIES OF HIS OFFICE, AND ALSO BE 

OF USE TO HIM IN OTHER RESPECTS. 

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TO 
THE RIGHT REVEREND 

DANIEL WILSON, D. D., 

LORD BISHOP OF CALCUTTA AND METROPOLITAN 
IN INDIA, 

THIS LITTLE WORK IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, 

AS A SLIGHT TRIBUTE OF UNFEIGNED ESTEEM AND GRATITUDE; 

THE FORMER 

FOR HIS UNWEARIED AND WELL-DIRECTED EFFORTS FOR 

THE EXTENSION OF CHRIST'S KINGDOM IN INDIA*, 

AND THE LATTER 

FOR PERSONAL AND OFFICIAL FAVOURS 

CONDESCENDINGLY AND CONSIDERATELY CONFERRED 

BY HIS LORDSHIP ON THE COMPILER, 

DURING A COURSE OF 

MANY YEARS, 



" The Right Honorable the Governor- General in Council 
thinks it the duty of Public Officers to make themselves 
acquainted with the Rules of the Service.'* Finl Dept t Na, 
2589, 30 May 1856. 



Addenda^ Corrigenda § Delenda. 



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For Honourable the Court's read Honorable 
Court's. 

For 1857 read 1855. 

For 1855 read 1836. 

For with read will. 

For erections read erection. 

Dele that between and and in. 

Insert thern between inspects and on. 

For forbiding read forbidding. 

For even read ever. 

For 856 read 1856. 

For that read the. 

Insert a comma arad to between seem awd"lead- 

.For confirm read conform. 

In the second heading of the u Register 
Book of Marriages," for Names of Pa- 
rents read Names of Parties. 
Insert 315, between pp. and 317* 

For exertion read exertion. 

Insert of between Form and Address. 

Dele the between to and EcclesiasticaL, 

For 8551 read 1855. 

For eight read eighty. 

For ever read even. 



Addenda, Corrigenda fy Delenda. — (Continued.) 

Insert the between on and trade. 

Dele to between or and Natives. 

Insert Houses, Boats, Equipages, Horses, 
Elephants, between Grounds and Plate- 

For 2 read 20. 

Dele a. 

For 1854 read 1847. 

For 1857 read 1856. 

Insert for a/ter but. 

For aken read taken. 

For from read for. 

Insert not between do arcd intend. 

For in rmr7 on. 

For 5th read 8th. 

For Station read Stations. 

For 9 read 29. 

Jwseri and 75 «/iter 1. 

For Rupeee read Rupees, 

Insert the between to owcZ Militarj'. 
There are mantj mistakes in the punctuation of the work, 
but it has not been thought necessary to swell the foregoing 
List with their insertion; as the reader will himself readUy 
perceive them. 



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ADVERTISEMENT. 



This little book is, as the title-page sets forth, a 
compilation. In acquiring materials for it neither 
expense nor labour was spared, and upon the se- 
lection and arrangement of the materials, collected 
and adopted, a good deal of thought has been 
bestowed ; still the work, undeniably, presents a 
want of completeness and concatenation as re- 
gards subjects and details : however, by way of 
apology, the Compiler begs leave to say, that this 
has inevitably arisen from the fact of his having 
designed the production of nothing more than a 
poclcet-booJc, which should comprehend such species 
and amount of information as would, if duly at- 



V1 Advertisement* 



tended to, be the means of preventing misappre- 
hensions and mistakes, undue expectations and 
disappointments, as also disagreements and un- 
pleasantnesses ; and which should, further, appear 
almost invariably in the ipsissimis verbis* of the 
Sources from which he might draw, and thus, (the 
references being duly given in the margin,) not only 
carry weight with it, but also obviate every doubt, 
which might otherwise arise, as to the safety and 
propriety of following the rules and directions there- 
in contained, on the ground of the work having 
been composed by a non-legal and unauthoritative 
hand. 



* It is right to notify in this plaee, that, with the view 
of causing his work to exhibit a typographical uniformi- 
ty, and of drawing attention to points which he consi- 
dered to he particularly worthy of being remembered 
the Compiler has employed capitals and italics in very 
many places of his " Extracts," where they will not be 
found in their Originals, 



Advertisement. vii 



With respect to most of the .Military Regula- 
tions and Orders which will be met with in his 
book, the Compiler deems it expedient to state, 
that they have been inserted because the Honora- 
ble the Court of Directors, in the very same Des- B Y ide . PP* 41 

J & 42 of this 

patch in which they declare that their Chaplains Work. 
are not Military Servants, do also signify, that 
they are, so far as may be consistent with the dis - 
charge of their spiritual duties, to act in unison 
with the wishes of the Military Authorities ; and 
the Compiler assumed, that the plainest and 
surest way of obeying the Honourable the Court's 
implicative injunction would be, for his Brother- 
Chaplains and himself to observe, quantum in 
illis esset, all such authorized Military Rules as 
would have been clearly and strictly applicable to 
them had their condition been that of Military 
Chaplains. 



yiii Advertisement. 



The Compiler feels that he should be guilty of 
ingratitude, at once most inexcusable and most 
damaging, if he omitted te mention/ that his 
work, so far as relates to the Despatches of the 
Court of Directors and the Resolutions of the 
Supreme Government which are comprised there- 
in, could never have possessed the accuracy which 
it does, but for the very great kindness of the 
Most Noble the Marquess op DalhOusie, 
who, in compliance with the Compiler's humble 
request, in November 1854, was graciously pleas- 
ed to grant him free permission to apply to the Se- 
cretary to the Government of India, in the Home 
Department, for whatever information he might 
require in order to the completion of his book. 

It affords the Compiler great pleasure in having 
it in his power to say, that his work was not. 



Advertisement. ix 



undertaken without the knowledge and approve- 
ment of his Ecclesiastical Superiors ; for both 
the Lord Bishop of Calcutta and the Venerable 
the Archdeacon highly approved of his design, 
and, moreover, Archdeacon Pratt was, subsequent- 
ly, good enough to put him iu possession of some 
very useful materials on practical points, for 
which acknowledgment is here generally and 
gratefully, and in the places of their respective 
insertion formally, made. But it would be dis- 
ingenuous not to make known, that for nothing 
beyond the approving of the Compiler's design, 
and the aiding of its accomplishment to the extent 
just mentioned, and the matter of such of his 
Lordship's " Suggestions" as have been intro- 
duced, is either BisJwp Wilson or Archdeacon 
Pratt, in the slightest degree, answerable, 



Advertisement, 



With what degree of success he has executed 
that which he designed, it is not for the Compiler 
to decide. But he trusts, that he will not be 
charged with arrogancy if he avows, that he 
entertains a most saDguine hope that experience 
will show, that his endeavour to supply what has 
long been considered a desideratum for the Bengal 
Ecclesiastical Establishment, has not been altoge- 
ther ineffectual. And now, having expressed all 
that he wished to express, the Compiler will 
conclude with adopting the language of a Roman 
master-writer, and to each of his Brother- Chap- 
lains saying, 

" Vive ; vale. Si quid novisti rectius istis 
Candidus imperii j si ncn, Ms utere mecum," 

Anarkullee, Lahore, J. J. fj. 

9th June, 1857. 



CONTENTS. 

Chapter. Page, 

I. Rules relating to the Admission of Cler- 
gymen into the Service of the Honorable 
East India Company : and with whom 
the Power of Dismissing them rests , . 1 

II. Ecclesiastical Status of Chaplains .... 4 

III. Chaplains are under the jurisdiction of the 
Lord Bishop of Calcutta with respect to 
Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Matters .... 5 

IV. As regards Tem poralities generally, Chap- 
lains are under the direct Or ders and 
Controlj Df the Government of India, &c. 9 

V. Grades of Chaplains ; their Rank and Pro- 
motion .. 12 

VI. Duties of Chaplains on Arrival in India . . 16 

VII. The Calcutta Gazette is the Official Organ 

of Notifications of Appointments, &c, . . . 20 



Xll 



Contents. 



Chapter. 

VIII. 
IX. 

X. 

XI. 

XII. 

XIII. 

SUV. 

XV. 

XVI. 

XVII. 

XVIII. 

XIX. 

XX. 

XXI. 

XXII. 

XXIII. 

XXIV. 

XXV. 



Page. 

Location of Chaplains 22 

Time allowed and allowances granted to 

Chaplains for joining a Station 29 

Duties of Chaplains on joining a Station 37 
T he Position of Chaplains r elatively with 

Military Authorities, &c .. .. 40 

Observance of the Lord's Day 44 

Public "Worship 49 

Ecclesiastical Vestures 71 

Churches.. .. .. .. 77 

Soldiers' Chapels 93 

Church Establishments 94 

Baptism , .. 99 

Marriage Ic7 

Surrogate e .. .. 131 

Fees 137 

Regimental Schools .. .. 142 

Chaplains are to visit the Sick in European 

Hospitals and elsewhere 149 

Bibles and Prayer Books for Troops and 

Distribution of Religious Tracts 152 

Garrison Jails and Regimental Cells . . . . 156 

* 



Contents, 



Xlll 



Chapter. • Page. 

XXVI. Burial , 157 

XXVII. Burial Grounds 173 

XXVIII. Ecclesiastical Registers 183 

XXIX. Station Record Book 205 

XXX. Official Correspondence 207 

XXXI. Memorials to the Honorable the Court of 

Directors , 

XXXII. Post Office Rules applicable to Chaplains 
in their Official Capacity ... ... , 

XXXIII. Ecclesiastical Censures^ 

XXXIV. Tribunals to which Chaplains are amen- 
able 

XXXV. Personal Exemptions and Privileges of 

Chaplains 

XXXVI. Restraints and Disabilities to which Chap- 
lains are subject 

XXXVII. Out-Stations, and Allowances granted to 
Chaplains for visiting them, and for jour- 
neying to the Presidency to attend the 
Bishop's Visitations ... .., 

XXXVIII. Appointments to Hill Stations ; How ob- 
tained, and for What Periods 



210 

212 
217 

222 

224 

227 



235 



241 



xiv 


Contents. 




Chapter. 


Page. 


XXXIX. 


Straits' Chaplaincies ; their Advantages and 
Disadvantages, and by what Chaplains 






obtainable 


245 


XL. 


Privilege Leave and Leaves of Absence on 






Private Affairs and on Medical Certificate 


248 


XLT. 


Furlough Rules ..„ .. ... 


261 


XLII. 


Retiring Regulations ... 


272 


XLIII. 


Salaries and Salary-Bills 


280 


XLIV. 


Home Remittances and Family Remit- 






tance Drafts 


284 


XLV. 


Allowances on Leaves of Absence and 






Furlough, and Pensions on Retirement ... 


287 


XLVI. 


Bengal Military Fund 


295 


XLVII. 


Bengal Military Orphan Society 


310 


XLVIII. 


Lord Clive's Fund ..- 


320 


XLIX. 


Miscellaneous Subjects 


327 


L. 


Services of Clergymen wt Chaplains ..- 


334 



BENGAL CHAPLilH'S. 
VADE-MECUM. 



Chapter I. 

Rules relating to the admission of Cler- 
gymen into the Service of the Honorable 
East India Company ; and with whom 
the power of dismissing them rests. 
6( Candidates for appointments as Assist- 
ant Chaplains must have been two years 
in Orders, and must not exceed forty years 
of age ; and at the time of appointment 
are required to produce their Letters of 
Orders, Deacon and Priest, as well as Tes- 
timonial, signed by three beneficed Cler- 
gymen, and a Medical Certificate," 



Clark's East 
IndiaRegist.p. 
xxxvii. Lond. 
1856. 



Bengal Chaplain'* 



Law relating « N such minister shall be sent by the 

to India, p. 4. ^ _ _ ,. „ 

Lond. 1842. Company to the i^ast Indies, until he 
shall have been first approved of by the 
Archbishop of Canterbury, or the Bishop 
of London, for the time being." Charter 
of William III. 5 Sept. 1698. 
Court of Bi- " 9- In respect to the qualification of the 
EcTie^n P art ^ es appointed, we can conceive no bet- 
Jan. 1846. ter security than that provided by the 
Legislature, in giving the ultimate appro- 
val of all Chaplains to the Archbishop of 
Canterbury or the Bishop of London.*' 

Clark's East (i Chaplains are required to enter into 
xxxvii. eS £onj! covenant, and to give a bond for £500 
1856. jointly with two sureties for the due ful- 

filment of the same." 
Mia. ic Chaplains are required to subscribe 

to the Military Fund, and must proceed 



Vade-Mecum. 



to their destination within six months 
from the date of the Court's Resolution by 
which they were nominated ; and in fai- 
lure thereof, without leave obtained from 
the Court, their appointments will lapse.'-' 

" Be it enacted, that nothing in this . La ™ ™ l f.*- 

J & tng to India. 

Act contained, shall take away the power p- 428. Lond. 
of the said Court of Directors to remove 
or dismiss any of the officers or servants 
of the said Company, but that the said 
Court shall and may at all times have full 
liberty to remove or dismiss any of such 
officers or servants at their will and plea- 
sure." 3 & 4 William IV. cap, 85, sec, 
Ixxv. 



Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



Chapter XX. 

Ecclesiastical Status of Chaplains. 

Le Bas. Life <c The Chaplaincies in this country are 
of Bp. Middle- no j. "benefices in the strictest sense : but 

ton, vol. I. p. "— . 

496. Lond. neither are they curacies, in which the 
curate is responsible to the incumbent : 
neither are they Military Chaplaincies, I 
conceive, otherwise than as Military per- 
sons, in many instances, constitute the chief 
part of the congregation." Bp. Middle- 
ton's Letter to the Governor-General in 
Council, llth Sept. 1818. 
Court of Di- * 4. We have repeatedly stated that 
Ecd. Dept: our Chaplains are not Incumbents of pa- 
30 Oct. 1844. riskes or districts like those of England, 
and that consequently they do not pos- 
sess the peculiar rights and privileges of 
that Class, They resemble Military and 



Vade-Mecum. 



Naval Chaplains, who are unbeneficed 
Clergymen, liable to be removed from 
place to place at the discretion of the Go- 
vernment." 

rt In order to avoid any misunderstand- Cour ! °f Dim 

* / # rectors Desp. 

ing for the future, we think it right to Ecci. Dept. 21 



declare that our Chaplains are not Milita- 
ry Servants." 



Jan. 1846. 



Chapter XIX. 

Chaplains are under the jurisdiction of the 
Lord Bishop of Calcutta with respect 
to Ecclesiastical and Spiritual Matters. 

le The Eight Honorable the Governor- Government 
_. . . ~ m • i t -i i Gazette, Ex- 

General in Council is pleased to declare traor. 16 Nov. 

and express, that, in conformity with the 1815# 
tenor of the above Letters Patent, [grant- 
ed by His Royal Highness the Prince Re- 



Bengal Chaplainh 



gent, on behalf of His Majesty, under 
date the 2nd May 1814 7 ] the general con- 
trol over all Clergymen of the United 
Church of England and Ireland attached 
to the several Presidencies in India, in 
Spiritual Matters, is transferred to the Lord 
Bishop, and that all such Clergymen 
throughout the diocese of the Lord Bishop 
are hereby directed and ordered to take 
notice of and conform to the same accord- 
ingly/' Notification of the Governor-Ge- 
neral in Council, in the Public Department, 
1st Nov. 1815. 

Government <l Kesolved, that the Secretary in the 

Thurs.'n Dec. Military Department be directed to for- 

1815. W ard to the Public Department a complete 

compilation of the existing Kules and 

Orders for the guidance of the several 



Vade-Mecum. 



Chaplains, for the purpose of transmis- 
sion to the Lord Bishop, for his infor- 
mation, and of enabling His Lordship to 
prepare such new Rules and Orders as he 
may deem expedient, for the better ma- 
nagement of the Ecclesiastical Establish- 
ment confided to his charge by His Ma- 
jesty's Letters Patent/' Proceedings of 
the Governor-General in Council, in the 
Public Department, 1st Nov. 1815. 

" 8. The other complaints of the Cler- Court of Di- 
gy have reference to matters of Ecclesias- TccT^T 
tical discipline, of which we cannot take 31 JuJ y 1839 - 
any cognizance." 

" The Rubric and Canons of the Uni- B P- W} l * on '* 
ted Church of England and Ireland have ~" ? 

The Suggestions of lip. Wilson, which appear in this 
Work, have been taken from the Edition of 1844. 



Bengal Chaplain's 



the same force over the Clergy in India 
as they have in England. The Ecclesi- 
astical Laws also, as well as the Statute 
Laws relating to spiritual persons, (ex- 
cept where limited as in the various Mar- 
riage Acts,) are equally binding. Nor 
has a Bishop any power to release the 
Clergy from any part of that obligation. 
The Clergy have only, therefore, to consult 
these authoritative rules in order to learn 
generally their duties." 

B P . Wilson's u Wn ere any of the practical details of 
Suggestion 7. ■ x 

the Rubrics or Canons have been modified 
on subordinate points by long practice 
and usage at home, and allowed and ap- 
proved as such by the Bishops there, and 
the Bishops in India, such usages are not 
to be altered without the Bishop's appro- 



Vade-Mecum. 



bation. And where at last points of 
doubt arise, the Bishop's opinion must be 
taken and followed till the decision of the 
proper authorities at home can be receiv- 
ed/' 



Chapter IV. 



As regards Temporalities,, generally. Chap- 
lains are under the direct orders and 
control of the Government of India, #c. 

(i The following Resolution, passed on Govt, of 
the 27th ultimo by the Hon'ble the Presi- u?^ 2 fl™ 
dent in Council in communication with the 1855. 
Most Noble the Governor-General, is pub- 
lished for general information." 

a Resolution. — The Hon'ble the Presi- 
dent in Council is of opinion that, in like 



10 Bengal Chaplain's 



manner as the Military Establishment of 
the Presidency of Fort William in Ben- 
gal is, as a Service, immediately under the 
Governor-General of India in Council, 
to whom have "been transferred, by Sta- 
tute 17th and 18th Vic. cap 77, all the 
powers of the Governor of Bengal not 
for the time being transferred to one of 
the Lieutenant-Governors of either Divi- 
sion of that Presidency, so also all other 
Service Establishments of that Presidency, 
not being exclusively attached to one or 
other of those Divisions, ought to be, as 
Services, immediately under the Governor- 
General of India in Council." 

" 2. The President in Council is there- 
fore pleased to resolve, that from hence- 
forth the Civil Servants and the Chaplains 



Vade-Mecum. 11 



on the Bengal Establishment shall, as 
Services, be under the direct orders and 
control of the Governor- General of India 
in Council ; and that all Orders affecting 
either class of Officers as Members of a 
Service^ as distinguished from Orders inci- 
dental to their employment under any 
Local Government, shall emanate from 
the Government of India." 

" 2. The position of the Lieutenant- ^urt ofDi- 
Governors administering the affairs of p u u. Dept. ' 
Bengal and of the North- Western Pro- 12 Dec * 1855 ' 
vinces undoubtedly differs, in several res- 
pects, from that of the Governors in 
Council of Madras and Bombay, and in 
conformity with the intention of the Le- 
gislature, and with our orders founded 
thereon, that you should exercise a posi- 
tive control over the whole territory com- 



12 Bengal Chaplain's 



prised within the Presidency of Bengal, 
we authorize yon to receive and adjudi- 
cate on any cases which individuals may 
bring before you in appeal from the acts 
of the Lieutenant-Governors.''' 

" 3. It will, of course, be understood 
that the right of appeal to us may be 
exercised, as regards these cases, equally 
with those which are decided by your 
Government in the first instance." 



Chapter V. 

Tirades of Chaplains ; their Hank and 
Promotion. 
Court of in- « 25. We have resolved, that hence- 

"y*Pcf,Ofs D$?^D 

5 June 1805. forward a gradation of rank shall take 
place in the Clerical Establishments at our 
several Presidencies, and that this shall be 
regulated by seniority of appointment. *' 



Vade-Meoum. 13 

Para. 1. We have resolved, that J™* '^ 
the rank of Chaplains hereafter to be Ecci. Dept, 
appointed, shall be determined by their u y 
final departure for their destination, a s 
in the case of Cadets and Assistant Sur- 
geons." 

The rank of Assistant Chaplains re- Court of m- 

. . ' , . .. .'-ft i, rectors' Desp. 

ceivmg their appointments m India, dates Ecci. Dept. 
from the time of departure of the des- ^AP ri l 

J r * 1856, Coram. 

patch advising the appointment. by Adn. Pratt, 

In the Royal Warrant, dated 10th 
January 1857, in which " the Rank and 
Precedence of Persons holding appoint- 
ments in the East Indies" are fixed, the 
following appears : — 

-" Chaplains to rank with Civilians of Calcutta Ga- 

r zeite, May] 3, 

the fourth Class and Majors." 1857, p. 791. 



14 Bengal Chaplain's 



u Assistant Chaplains to rank with 

Civilians of the fifth Class and Captains." 

Vide Govt, of His Honor in Council determines, 

SeJ)^.'27 tnat the Government of India, in the 

July 1857. Home Department, shall regulate the 

promotion of Chaplains from the rank of 

Assistant to that of full Chaplain. 

Court of Di- u The Assistant Chaplains will succeed 
rectors' Desp. to ^ higher ran k anc l the higher rate of 

Eccl. Dept. ° ° 

31 Aug 1855. salary according to seniority as vacancies 
occur in the Superior Class. - " 

Court o/Di- li Para. 5. Secondly. As to the pro- 
EclTie^' P° rtion of Chaplains and Assistant Chap- 
li Jau. 1854. lains. When the Ecclesiastical Establish- 
ment was remodelled in the year 1836, the 
complement was fixed at 49, the proportion 
being 19 full Chaplains to 30 Assistant 
Chaplains. Since that time the Establish- 



Vade-Mecurn. 15 



ment has at various periods "been aug- 
mented to its present complement of 63." 

" 7. There are two Senior Chaplains 
in each Presidency whose salary is on a 
different scale from that of the general 
body of Chaplains. At Madras and 
Bombay, after omitting the two Seniors, 
the Chaplains are in the proportion of i and 
the Assistant Chaplains of § of the re- 
maining body of the Clergy. And we 
think it very convenient to maintain this 
proportion in those Presidencies, and also 
to adopt the same proportion at Bengal. 
In order to attain this end, and at the 
same time to make an addition to the Es- 
tablishment as you have proposed, it will 
be necessary to promote 3 Assistant Chap- 
lains to be Chaplains,, and to add 5 Assis- 



J 6 Bengal Chaplain's 



tant Chaplains to the number that will then 
remain. The Establishment for Beagal 
will then be ; — 

2 Senior Chaplains, 

22 Chaplains, 

44 Assistant Chaplains,, 

m all 68." 

"8. If any further augmentation 
should be found necessary, we shall be 
disposed to order it, by adding Chaplains 
and Assistant Chaplains in the proportion 
of one Chaplain to two Assistant Chap- 
lains." 



Chapter VI. 

Duties of Chaplains on arrival in India.. 
Govt, of in. « His Honor [the President] in Coun- 

dia. Res. . . 

Home Dept. cil determines, that m future the ar- 



Vade-Mecwn. 17 



rival of newly appointed Civil Servants 27 July 1855. 
and Chaplains shall be reported to, and 
notified by, the Government of India in 
this [the Home] Department." 

In reporting himself to the Secretary precedents, 
to the Government of India, a Chaplain 
is to mention the day on which the Ship 
by which he arrived left Gravesend, and 
also the date of the Pilot being taken on 
board at the Sand-Heads. By the form- 
er his rank is determined, and the latter 
marks the commencement of his Indian 
service. 

"Resolved, that all Clergymen ap- Government 
pointed in future to the situation of Chap- Gazette, u 
lain on the Establishments of the res- 
pective Presidencies, do, immediately on 
their arrival in India, report themselves 



18 Bengal Chaplairi s 



to the Lord Bishop, or, in his absence, to 
the Archdeacon of the Presidency at 
which such Clergyman may arrive." 
Bp. Wilson's (( The Archdeacon, or Commissary, 
tion. UggCS having received the Chaplain's name, his 
academical degree, if any, his letters of 
orders, his nomination or appointment, 
and such other testimonials as he may 
have brought with him, will then appoint 
a day for him to attend to make the 
usual subscriptions, and take the neces- 
sary oaths previous to his being licen- 
sed."* 



* " The intended effect of licensing a Clergj'man is 
to place him under the jurisdiction of his diocesan. 

Every Clergyman, previously to his heing 

licensed, takes an oath of canonical obedience to the 
Bishop and his successors; and canonical obedience is 
understood to extend to all matters connected with 
canonical duties.*' Le Bas's Life of Bp. Middle ton, vol i. 
pp. 139, 140. Lond. 1831. 



Vade-Mecum. 19 



" Every Clergyman preaches once at B P« Wilson's 
the Cathedral after his licence, and before tion. 
he proceeds to the discharge of his regu- 
lar duties/' 

(c If the Bishop be absent on visitation, Bp. Wilson's 
the Chaplain will report his arrival also tio ^ Su ss e s- 
to him by letter ; as well as the time of 
his leaving Calcutta, if appointed to a 
Mofussil Station." 

Every Chaplain is to report his ar- Precedents. 
rival to the Civil Auditor, as also to the 
Secretaries to the Bengal Military Fund 
and the Bengal Military Orphan Society, 
respectively. 



20 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter VII. 

The Calcutta Gazette is the Official Organ 
of Notifications of Appointments, fyc. 

Supreme u ^ e following Resolutions, passed by 

Got.*. Res. the Hon'ble the Vice President in Coun- 

Genl. Dept. 2 

Oct. 1832. cil, are published for the information and 
guidance of the Public Officers of Go- 
vernment." 

" Resolved. First. That the Gazette 
shall, from the 1st Proximo, be, and be 
deemed the Official Organ for all Notices 
of Appointments to and Removals from 
Civil Offices, temporary as well as perma- 
nent, also of Leaves of Absence and of 
the dates when the same are to take 
effect, also of Orders to join Stations and 
of returns from Sea, of Furlough to 
Europe, Resignations of the Service, and 



Vade-Mecum. 21 



other similar occurrences, the announce- 
ment of which regulates the payment of 
Salaries, the assumption or vacating of 
Office, or any other advantage or privilege 
incident to the Public Employ." 

" Second. The Superintendent of the 
Gazette will publish no intimation of the 
above description without an authority 
for the same under the signature of a 
Secretary, or Deputy Secretary, to Go- 
vernment for the time being, and the 
announcements of each week will be 
communicated by the Secretary of each 
Department, and must be published with 
his signature." 



22 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter VIII. 

Location of Chaplains. 
Vide Le Bus's The nomination of Chaplains to Sta- 
Middieton',vo). tions is a part of the patronage of the 
\v^Lond. Honorable the Court of Directors, and, as 
such, is delegated to the Local Govern- 
ments. 
Court of Di- " The location of the Chaplains under 

rectors' Desp. . -n i i ■, 

Ecd. Dept.31 the new arrangement will be best regulat- 
Aug. 1836. e( j ky reference to the opinion of the Lord 
Bishop.' 7 
Court of Di. «fe desire that the Bishops may be 

rectors' Deep. . . " 

Ecd. Dept. 30 consulted previously to the nomination ot 
' Chaplains to Stations, no less with the 
view of promoting amicable feelings be- 
tween the Civil and Ecclesiastical Autho- 
rities than of securing the most suitable 
appointments for the vacancies ; but the 



Vade-Mecum. 23 



nomination and appointment of the Chap- 
lains must rest with the Government." 

<c No applications for change of Station Bp. Wilson's . 
are to be made without grave and impor- ^^ Zfo^/r 
tant reasons, and then direct through the 
Bishop, or Archdeacon, to Government, 
and not by private correspondence with 
other Chaplains or Civil and Military 
Officers. Such irregular correspondence, 
if known, wi$-atonce put a bar to the 
desired change.' 7 

" As far as is practicable, each Chaplain Up- Wilson's 

•ill. it. r ^ 96thSugges- 

wili nave an equal share of easy and more tion. 
laborious Stations." 



a You are authorized in our Despatch Court of m 
of the 31st July, No, 2 of 1839, to select ™'f s ' De ? / : 

, J Eccl. Dept. 26 

the five Presidency Chaplains from the Oct. 1842. 
seventeen senior Chaplains with all due 



24 Bengal Chaplain's 



regard to seniority. The addition of the 
two Chaplains for the new Cathedral will 
raise the number of Presidency Chaplains 
to seven, whom you will continue to se- 
lect from the seventeen senior Chaplains 
as directed in that Despatch." 

a We authorize you to accede to the 
suggestion of the Lord Bishop* with re- 
gard to the appointment of successors to 
the present incumbents in the Cathedral ; 
but we cannot permit any change to 
take place with regard to the present in- 
cumbents." 

Court of Di- u Although we have desired that senior 

rectors' Desp. 

* The suggestion was, that the Cathedral Chaplains 
should henceforth be chosen from the whole nineteen 
full Chaplains, and not necessarily be the two Seniors; 
"but that the two Seniors, wherever stationed, should 
still, as heretofore, have the salaries due to iheir rack, 
as the first or second on the list of Chaplains. 



Vade-Mecum. 2 5 



Chaplains only shall be employed at the ^ ccl - Dep*. 4 
Presidency, yet in cases in which this Comm. by * 
rule cannot be observed, and you are sa- * Pratt ' 
tisfied that the employment of an Assis- 
tant Chaplain is unavoidable, and in such 
cases only, we sanction the allowance of 
such an amount of house rent as you may 
deem necessary, to save the incumbent 
from actual loss by his removal to the 
Presidency, but we ^desire [ that any ar- 
rangement of this sort may be only con- 
sidered as temporary, and that it shall 
cease whenever a senior Chaplain can be 
found to take the duty*" 

K The following revised distribution Calcutta Ga- 
of the Districts for regulating the charges i847. 4 Sept * 
and duties of the Chaplains in Calcutta, 
as laid down by the Right Revd. Daniel, 

a 



26 Bengal Chaplain's 



Lord Bishop of Calcutta and Metropoli- 
tan in India, and submitted "by his Lord- 
ship for the approbation of the Deputy 
Governor of Bengal, having received the 
sanction of His Honor, is published for 
general information." 

" The Old, or Mission, Church District 
will be bounded in future on the East by 
Wellington Street, College Street, Hurry 
Ghose Street, Simla Street ; on the West 
by the River; on the South by Hare 
Street, Mangoe Lane, Emaumbara Street, 
and Emaumbaug Lane ; and on the North 
by the Upper Circular Road." 

" St. John's District, on the East b^ 
Wellesley Street ; West by the JRiver ; 
South by the Esplanade as far as Park 
Street, and by Park Street as far as Wei- 



Vade-Mecum. 27 



lesley Street ; and North "by Hare Street, 
Mangoe Lane, Emaumlbara Street, and 
Emaumbaug Lane." 

" Si. James 1 District, on the North and 
East by the Circular Road; West by 
Simla Street, Wellington Street, and 
Wellesley Street; and South by Park 
Street." 

Si. PauVs District, on the East by the 
Circular Road ; West by the Chowringhee 
and Diagonal Roads ; South by the Circu- 
lar Road as far as Allipore Bridge ; and 
North by Park Street." 

" The following alterations in the Ec- Calcutta ua. 
clesiastical Division of Calcutta having 1849. 
been suggested by the Bishop, and ap- 
proved by the Government, are published 
for general information," 



28 Bengal Chaplain's 



(t That portion of the Suburbs to the 
East of the Circular Koad and of St. 
James' District as at present comprised^ 
to be part of, and belong in addition to. 
Saint James'' District." 

u The Suburbs East and South of Saint 
Paul's District as far as Tolly's Nullah 
on the West, to belong in addition to the 
District of Saint Paul's." 

" The District of the New Church of 
Saint Stephen's, Kidderpore, to include 
Kidderpore, Garden Reach, and the parts 
of Allipore South and West of Tolly's 
Nullah, the Coolie Bazar, and all the por- 
tion thence as far as Allipore Bridge 
North of the said Nullah." 
Vide Letter The terms " Senior " and " Junior " 

of Govt, of . . -— _ -- 

Bengal, No. m the appointments of two Chaplains to 



Vade-Mecum. 29 



the same Church will be henceforth dis- 53 » 20 F eb. 

, ^ ; . . . , . , 1B57, to Adn. 

continued : each Chaplain taking his place, Pratt, and 
as Senior or Junior, according to his tomm - * im ' 
standing in the List of Chaplains and 
Assistant Chaplains. 

The terms " Senior Presidency 'Chap* ibid, 
lain" and rt Junior Presidency Chaplain 5 ' 
will be henceforth dropped ; jis the prac- 
tice of appointing the two Seniors, (or 
first two Chaplains on the List,) to the 
Presidency, as a matter of course, has, for 
some time, ceased. 



Chapter XX. 

Time alloived and Allowances granted to 
Chaplains for joining a Station. 
" We concur with you in considering Court of Di- 
that, (as in the case of Civil Servants,) £*f De£f P 5 
•a period of one, two or three months ac- $ e V u 185l& - 



30 



Bengal Chaplain's 



New Civil 
Absentee 
Rules, Sec. xz 



cording as the distance to be travelled may 
not exceed 300 or 600 miles, or be in 
excess of the distance last mentioned, is 
sufficient to allow to Chaplains and As- 
sistant Chaplains on the occasion of their 
appointment to any new Station." 

" Officers not joining their Station 
within the said periods, respectively, shall 
forfeit their salary for the time delayed in 
excess of the above periods, and if such 
excess shall exceed one month, the office 
shall be vacated, unless otherwise special^ 
ly ordered by Government." 

ct The time allowed for joining is com- 
puted from the date of the Order reaching 
the Officer appointed." 

Agra civil " The date of departure from Calcutta 
Auditor*, Ma- fg reckoned from the date of being attacn ^ 



New Civil 
Absentee 
Rules, Note 
to Sec. xx. 



Vade-Mecum. 31 



ed to the North-Western Provinces, and »*»!■ A 5'- C I 72 - 

' Agra, 1853. 

not from the date of appointment by the 

Lieutenant-Governor to some particular 
Station." The Rule immediately pre- 
ceding applies to this, as regards the re- 
ceipl of the Order. 

u The practice observed by the Civil Govt, of in- 

t • i at i «t -r» • dia. Letter to 

Auditor in the .North- Western Provinces, Govt. n. w. 
in calculating the period allowed to a 5 '£j£ fsil\ 
Chaplain or Assistant Chaplain after ar- 
rival in India for joining his Station, ap- 
pears to be quite correct." 

In the case of a Joint-Chaplaincy, as vide Letter 
Jhelum and Murree, the authorized tra- of.** 16 A 9™ 
veiling time of one month for a distance No. 778, 10 ' 
not exceeding 300 miles, is allowed for Aug * 1854e 
going from one Station to the other. 



32 Bengal Chaplain y & 



Govt, of in- « The Most NoHe the Governor-Gene- 
Dept. 21 Dec' ral in Council remarks, with reference to 
1855 - the last mentioned question/* (of travel- 
ling allowances to Chaplains when visit- 
ing Out-stations in the discharge of their 
clerical duties,) a and to the question of 
travelling allowances of Chaplains and As- 
sistant Chaplains transferred from one Sta- 
tion to another by order of Government, 
and in regard to the Revd. Mr. 's en- 
quiry whether Chaplains and Assistant 
Chaplains should be allowed Tentage and 
Boat- Allowance as Military Servants, that 
the New Absentee Rules place Chaplains 
on the same footing as Military Servants in 
respect to all kinds of leave only, not in 
respect to travelling or other allowances,, 
which are regulated by the Rule cited in 



Vade-Mecum. 



33 



Civil Absentee Rules 

17th May, 1843. 

Art. xxvii. On joining 
a Station in the interior 
after arrival in India, a 
Chaplain or Assistant 
Chatlain will be allowed 
the same rate of travelling 



the Margin (the only 
existing Rule) by 
which Chaplains or 
Assistant Chaplains 
are entitled on their 

, n -t j £ nie same lain ui irtneiimg 

transter by order ol charges, and be subjected to 

m j. f ~,~> tlie same rules in respect 

Government from to joining his Sta £ ioa 

as a Civil Servant. On, 
any subsequent transfer 
from one Station to ano- 
ther, the same allowance 
will be made if the transfer 
take place not at the de- 
sire of the Chaplain remov- 
ed, bur by order of Go- 
vernment. 



one " Station to an- 
other, to travelling 
allowance at eight 
annas per mile by 
the direct Post Road 
according to the Polymetrical Tables of 
the Post Office." 

" When attached to the Camp of the Agra Civil 
Governor-General, Ecclesiastical Officers ^alf Art,^ 
are entitled to a marching allowance of Agra, 1853. 
Es. 150 per mouth; and to travelling al- 



34 Bengal Chaplain's 



lowance at the established rate, for going 
from and returning to their Stations.' 7 

Ctiuludifo™ As a S eneral rule > travelling allowance 
Manual, Art. is to be drawn by a Chaplain or Assistant 
1853. ra$ Chaplain on his arrival at his Station, and 
not before it. 

The two following are exceptions to the 
above general rule. 
Govt, of In* « Instructions have been issued to the 

dia. Letter No. ^ 

2978, 4 Nov. Civil Auditor and the Sub-Treasurer to 

PratiXnd "' a ^ ow the Revd,- to draw his Sa- 

Comm.byhim. l arv f or October last in advance, and also 
his travelling allowance as far as Allaha- 
bad on his way to Peshawur." 
Govt, of in- <l The necessary orders have been issued 
319, i6 tei Ftbi *° tne Sub-Treasurer to pay to the Revd. 

1855, to Mr. j n advance, the usual passage 

money, viz. Company's Rupees 500, to 



Vade-Mecum. 35 



enable him to join his appointment at er, Comm. by 
Singapore, together with his Salary for 
the current month, on presentation of his 
bills, duly audited, at the General Trea- 
sury." 

Assistant Chaplains receiving their ap- Vide L etter 

pointments in India, draw travelling al- of the Govt - N - 

W. P. No. 78, 
lowance on joining their first Station ac- 9 Jan. 1856*, 

cording to the following principle. "Un- £ is ^ r y c «£ 
der Section VII para. 56 of the Pay and «r, Comm. by 
Audit Regulations, it appears that Mili- 
tary Officers in India on receiving their 
Commissions are only entitled to boat" (in 
this case travelling) " allowance from the 
place of their residence at the time they 
receive public intimation of their appoint- 
ment, to the Station where their Corps 
may be located. 57 



36 Bengal Chaplain's 



Agra am « Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains 
nuai, Art. 77 are not entitled to travelling allowance on 
6. Agra, 1853. j i n i ng a £ rst appointment after return 

from Furlough." 

Vide Resa. of The only ground upon which a Chap- 
Govt. of India. ■ . , . , 

Fini. De f »t 4 lam or Assistant Chaplain who is trans- 
it lug 1855 f erre ^ from one station to another, is en- 
titled to travelling allowance, is that of the 
transfer having taken place for the con- 
venience and by the order of Government. 
Consequently, those Chaplains and Assis- 
tant Chaplains who are removed at their 
own request to another Station, (whether 
the Station be in the Hills or the Plains,) 
will not get the allowance ; nor, again, 
will they, who are permitted to exchange 
appointments to suit their jnutual and pri- 
vate convenience. 



Vade-Mecum. 37 



Travelling-allowance bills of Chaplains ™ & L ^ r of 

& m r Govt, of Ben- 

and Assistant Chaplains when removed gal, Ecci. No. 

from one Station to another, must be ac- 185 5 and L "f ' 

companied with the prescribed Certificate te r of Govt. N. 

, , -,.-1 W. P. Finl. 

that the change did not take place at their No. 2608, 3 

own request. Se * fc ' 1855 * 

The time allowed for joining a new Sta- Vide Res of 

tion, cannot be preceded bv, and in con- Govt .of India, 

,. „ ■ ., , T -, Fin/. Dept. 30 

tinuation of, privilege leave. In order to May 1856.- 
secure the indulgence of both the latter 
and the former, a Chaplain, or Assistant 
Chaplain, must return to the Station at 
which he was when the leave was granted 
to him. 



Chapter X. 

Duties of Chaplains on joining a Station. 

When a Chaplain joins his Station he Vide Bp. Wil- 
must report his arrival to the Archdeacon, J^t* Sug " 






38 Bengal Chaplain's 



and to the Chief Military Authority resi- 
dent at the Station itself. 

Bp. Wilson's <( The Bishop's (or Commissary's) li- 
tioa. 6 cence is to be read by the Chaplain toge- 
ther with the 39 Articles, and the Decla- 
ration of Conformity to the Liturgy of 
the United Church of England and Ire- 
land, immediately after the 2nd Lesson 
in the Morning or Evening Service, 
within the first month of his entering on 
his duties at the Station to which he is 
first appointed ; and the date entered in 
the Record-Book. If illness prevent his 
doing this within the first month, then 
he will do it, so soon as he is able." 

Bp. Wilson's " Each Chaplain will acquire, as early 

17th Sugges- as possible after his arrival, some know- 
tion. r 

ledge of the Vernacular language of the 



Vade-Mecum. 39 



Station where he is appointed, in order 
that he may instruct the Christian Drum- 
mers and Fifers of the Native Regiments, 
and their families, who are imperfectly 
acquainted with English " 

The foregoing Suggestion is founded 
on the following Sec tion of the Charter of 
William III. dated 5th September 1698. 

u And we do further will and appoint, Law relating 
that all such Ministers as shall be sent to ^ond, 7842. ' 
reside in India as aforesaid, shall be 
obliged to learn the Portuguese language, 
and shall apply themselves to learn the 
Native language of the country where 
they shall reside, the better to enable 
them to instruct the Gentoos, that shall 
be the servants of the same Company or of 
their agents, in the Protestant religion." 



40 Bengal Chaplain's 



Supreme « Any Chaplain who may be removed 

Dept. 31 May from his fetation to another, shall report to 

■I Q O "I 

the Civil Auditor the dates of his depar- 
ture from the one, and of his arrival at 
the other ; and the Civil Auditor is restrict- 
ed from passing the bill of any Chaplain 
appointed to a new Station for the allow- 
ances belonging to such Station, (without 
the special orders of Government,) until 
he shall have received a report of his ar- 
rival at the place of his appointment.' ' 



Chapter XX. 

The position of Chaplains relatively with 
Military Authorities, fyc. 

Court of Di. "Para. 3. We entirely agree with 

rectors' Desp. your Government that the Bishop of Boni- 
fied. Dept. 21 { . , £ ,, 

Jan. 1846. pay has taken a correct view ot the po- 



Vade-Mecum. 41 



sition of our Chaplains in relation to Mi- 
litary Authorities, which, indeed, is in ac- 
cordance with the terms of our Despatch, 
(quoted by his Lordship,) dated the 23rd 
May 1827, when replying to a reference 
made to us, relative to the extent to which 
the Chaplains were to be held responsible 
to the Military Authorities." 

lt 4. The Court's attention has been 
frequently called to disagreements between 
the Chaplains and Military Officers in 
India, and although, in some cases, the 
former have been censured, no opinion 
has been expressed in opposition to the 
Despatch above referred to. Moreover, 
the omission of Chaplains in the enume- 
rated classes of persons to whom the Mu- 
tiny Act is made applicable, would prevent 



f 



42 Bengal Chaplain's 



\ 



their conduct being subjected to investiga- 
tion before Military Tribunals." 

" 5. Again, in the Code of Regula- 
tions affecting Chaplains no reference is 
made to submission to Military Autho- 
rities. All orders or instructions ema- 
nate from the Government, the Bishop 
being the channel of communication." 

" 6. In order to avoid any misunder- 
standing for the future, we think it right 
to declare, that our Chaplains are not 
Military Servants ; at the same time 
it cannot be too strongly impressed upon 
them, that when attached to Military 
Stations they are expected to consult 
the Military Authorities, and act in 
UQison with their wishes as far as may 
be consistent with the discharge of their 
own Spiritual duties." 






Vade-Mecum, 43 



" It is the concurrent opinion of the Letter of 
Registrar" [of the Supreme Court] a and to Adn. Beau 
Sir William Casement, the Military Jg^ ^CoiT 
Secretary to Government, that the effects by Adn. Pratt. 
of the late Reverend R. Arnold" [Chap- 
lain of Cuttack] tt should have been 
taken charge of by the Civil Court, and 
that the interference of the Military 
Authorities was illegal." 

eC It is expected that the Chaplains will The Queen's 
receive from all Persons that Respect and Orders*?. 
which is due to their Rank and Profes- ^ll\ Lond ' 



sion : but in order that their exertions 
may be attended with all the beneficial 
consequences which they are expected 
to produce and maintain, the General 
and other Officers in Command, are per- 
sonally to enforce the Regulations which 



1844. 



44 



Bengal Chaplain's 



are established for the performance of the 
Religious duties of the Army.''' 
Letter of u Army discipline requires that public 

toB^mtoZ, meetings at a Military Cantonment should 
19 Aug. 1835. no t be assembled without the knowledge 
Ada. Pratt, and sanction of the Commandant ; and the 
exercise of interference must, on grounds 
of general expediency, be left to his dis- 
cretion." 



Can&n xiii. 









Chapter XII. 

Observance of the Lord's Day. 
li All manner of persons within the 
Church of England shall from henceforth 
celebrate and keep the Lord's Day, com- 
monly called Sunday, according to God's 
holy will and pleasure, and the orders of 
the Church of England prescribed in that 
behalf." 



Vade-Mecum, 45 



6i The keeping one day in seven holy, Biackstone's 
as a time of relaxation and refreshment Ed. vol. iv, 
as well as for Public Worship, is of ad- is54. * 
mirable service to a State, considered 

merely as a civil institution 

It imprints on the minds of the people 
that sense of their duty to God, so ne- 
cessary to make them good citizens : but 
which yet would be worn out and defaced 
by unremitted continuance of labour, with- 
out any stated times of recalling them to 
the worship of their Maker. And there- 
fore the laws of King Athelstan forbad all 
merchandizing on the Lord's Day, under 
very severe penalties." 

" Should shops be opened on the Lord's B P- Wilson' 

t^ ™ i • • i 85th Sugges- 

JDay, a Chaplain is to make the same tion. 
known (according as the case may be of 



46 Bengal Chaplain's 



a Civil or Military nature) to the Com- 
manding Officer or Senior Civil Servant or 
Magistrate, in writing, and request his 
interference to prevent, if possible, such 
irregularity ; and, in the event of such 
complaints not being duly noticed by the 
Commanding Officer or Senior Civil Ser- 
vant or Magistrate, he is to forward a 
copy of his complaints to the Archdeacon, 
that further measures may be taken." 
Gov. QmeraVs (( The Governor-General is pleased to 
De P f.'i2 Jan. direct, that all Public Works carried on, 
by order of Government, whether under 
the direction of its own Officers, or 
through the agency of Contractors, shall 
be discontinued on the Sunday." 

<l Cases of urgent necessity, in which 
delay would be detrimental to the Public 



Vade-Mecum. 47 



Service^ are to be considered as cases of 
exception, and all such cases will be im- 
mediately reported to the Military Board* 
for their special orders, and for the in- 
formation of Government. The Officer 
in charge of the work will act on his own 
discretion, when delay in waiting for the 
sanction of the Board would be attended 
with injurious consequences." 

(t The cessation of work on the Sunday 
shall be an understood condition in all 
future contracts for Public Works, whether 
an express provision to that effect be in- 
serted in the deed of contract or not. No 
claim therefore of addition to the amount 
of contract on account of the suspension 
of labour on Sundays, shall be admitted 

* Now to the Chief Engineer of the Division of the 
Presidency, or of the Province. 



4° Bengal Chaplain's 



in reference to any engagements executed 
subsequently to the date of this notifica- 
tion." 

" An order to this effect has been en- 
forced since January 1843, by the Bom- 
bay Government, and the Governor- Ge- 
neral has much satisfaction in extending 
the rule which it enjoins to the other 
Presidencies subordinate to the Govern- 
ment of India." 



Vade-Mecum. 49 



Chapter JEXXX. 

Public Worship. 

11 All Ministers shall observe the Or- Canon* xir. 
ders, Rites, and Ceremonies prescribed in 
the Book of Common Prayer, as well in 
reading the Holy Scriptures, and saying 
of Prayers, as in administration of the 
Sacraments, without either diminishing 
in regard of preaching, or in any other 
respect, or adding any thing in the mat- 
ter or form thereof." 

i( Uniformity in Public Worship is one Rogers's Ecd. 
of the leading principles of the Church Law ' pp ' 832 ' 

* The Canons, which appear iu this Work, are those 
which were " made in the Convocation of the Province 
of Canterbury in the year 1603, and ratified by the King 
for himself, his heirs and successors. With regard to the 
authority of these Canons, it has been said, that though 
the Canons of 1640 have been questioned, no doubt ever 
existed about those of 1 603. 1 1 seems to be universally 
admitfed that all the Clergy are bound by these Canons, 
though confirmed by the King only." Rogers's Eccl. 
Law, pp. 132,133. 

g 



50 Bengal Chaplain's 



833. Lond. of England, nothing is left to the opinion 
of individuals ; if every Minister were to 
alter, omit, or add, according to his own 
taste, he might, from beginning with tri- 
fling changes, extend his views to altera- 
tions of even the Scriptures themselves, 
under a notion of giving a more correct 
version. Per Lord StowelV 1 

" In Burnett v. Bonaker, it was held 
that the Church Service, according to the 
form prescribed in the Book of Common 
Prayer, is to be regularly performed every 
Sunday in the Morning and Evening. If 
less duty is required, any relaxation must 
be adopted with the approbation of the 
Diocesan, who is to judge of the degree 
to be allowed, and the Minister must strict- 
ly adhere to the terms prescribed, and not 
vary them for his own convenience.' 7 



Vade-Mecum. 51 



" By 1 §• 2 Vict c. 106, s. 60, Bishops 
may order that there shall be two full Ser- 
vices on every Sunday throughout, or dur- 
ing part of, the year ; each, if so directed, 
to include a Sermon or a Lecture." 

Ci His Grace the late Archbishop of Bp. Wilson's 
Canterbury's [Dr. Howley's,] advice in his ^ h n Sugges ' 
Charge of September 1840, the Bishop 
wishes to be implicitly followed in this 
Diocese : f In the celebration of Divine 
Service, the introduction of novelties, and 
even the revival of usages, which, having 
grown obsolete, have the appearance of 
novelties to the ignorant, may occasion 
dissatisfaction, dissension and controversy. 
In cases of this nature it may be better 
to forego even advantageous changes, than 
to open fresh sources of misapprehension 
or strife by singularity' Page 36." 



52 Bengal Chaplain's 



Bp. Wilson'* « Every Chaplain is to perform Divine 
tion. Service every Sunday Morning to the 

Europeans, Civil and Military, residing in 
his Station ; when the Morning Prayer is 
to be read as at home, and a Sermon to 
"be preached. The Evening Prayer also 
is to be constantly read, and a Sermon 
preached except when a Catechetical Lec- 
ture is substituted." 

Bp Wilson's l< The Bishop is unfavourable to begin- 
tion. Ug§eS " i n S Morning Prayer by singing a Psalm 
or Hymn, because, in addition to its not 
being authorized by the Rubric, it leng- 
thens the Service without absolute neces- 
sity/' 

The discriminative decision of Sir J. 
JS'icholl, contained in the following para- 
graph, is worthy of being borne in mind. 



Yade-Mecum. &3 



a In Newberry v. Goodwin, the fourth Rogers's Bed. 

* 7 7 Law, pp. 832, 

article pleaded, that on the preceding Sun- 833 and 834, 
day the defendant (the Clergyman offi- 
ciating) omitted a part of a verse in 
the first lesson, and then looked round 
to the pew of the plaintiff, and said, ' I 
1 have been accused by some ill-natured 
' neighbours of making alterations in the 
1 Service : I have done so now, and shall 
' do so again whenever 1 think it neces- 
' sary, therefore mark.' Sir J. Nicholl 
observed, c the omission seems to have 
' been made not from feelings of delicacy 
1 which, though not a legal justification, 
' would greatly extenuate the omission ; 
' but for the purpose of asserting a general 
' right, and even of reflecting upon those 
'. who questioned the general right. If this 
i article should be proved, it will subject 



54 Bengal Chaplain's 



' the party to admonition, and the pay- 
' ment of costs/ " 

" The Rubric directs the manner of 
Church Service, yet many matters are 
left to the discretion of the Minister, 
subject to the Ordinary. In Hutchins v. 
Denziloe and another , it was decided, that 
although by general usage chanting parts 
of the Service is limited to Cathedrals, yet, 
in point of Law, there was nothing to pre- 
vent the singing or chanting a part of the 
Service in a parochial Church ; a Clergyman 
therefore, who had directed it to be done, 
had been guilty of nothing irregular, 
though the discretion of such an order 
might, perhaps, be questionable , but an 
interference and countermand by the 
Church-wardens was illegal, and punish- 
able/' 



Vade-Mecum. 55 



" The alteration of the State-terms in Bp- Wilson's 

i -r» -r, i. i 32d, 79th, 81st 

the Prayer tor the Parliament to adapt it a nd 35th Sug= 
to British India, has been submitted to g e8tion8 < 
the Archbishop, and formal sanction will 
be legally obtained, if such should be 
judged necessary." 

" All practicable attention is to be paid 
to the Seasons set apart for Fasts and 
Festivals, and other Solemnities of the 
Church ; and particularly to the Holy 
Week, commonly called Passion Week, 
and the Ember Seasons." 

" Chaplains will also be very regular in 
using the Prayer appointed for the Em- 
ber Days in their Seasons." 

" The Bishop has no power to autho- 
rize the introduction of Hymns, excepting 
those authorized and given in the Book of 



56 Bengal Chajilain's 

Common Prayer, though the practice has, 
he is well aware, long prevailed at home 
and in India." 

Canon liii. " If any Preacher shall in the Pulpit 
particularly, or namely of purpose, impugn 
or confute any doctrine delivered by any 
other Preacher in the same Church, or in 
any Church near adjoining, before he 
hath acquainted the Bishop of the Diocese 
therewith, and received order from him 
what to do in that case, because upon such 
public dissenting and contradicting there 
may grow much offence and disquietness 
unto the people ; the Church-wardens, or 
party grieved, shall forthwith signify the 
same to the said Bishop...; who shall 
with all convenient speed so proceed there- 
in, that public satisfaction may be made 



Vade-Mecum. 57 



in the congregation where the offence was 
given. Provided, that if either of the par- 
ties offending do appeal, he shall not be 
suffered to preach pendente lite.'''' 

With regard to maintaining and affirm- 
ing doctrines contrary to the 39 Articles, 
it is enacted, by the Statute of the 13 
Eliz. c. 12, s. 2, " 'If any person ecclesi- L f^J c . c1 ' 
astical, or which shall have ecclesiastical morey Ed. 
living, shall advisedly maintain or affirm iosj& lose. * 
any doctrine directly contrary or repug- Lond ' 1842, 
nant to any of the said Articles, and be- 
ing convened before the Bishop of the Dio- 
cese, or the Ordinary, shall persist therein, 
or not revoke his error, or after such revo- 
cation gftsoons affirm such untrue doctrine, 
he shall by such Bishop or Ordinary be de- 
prived of his ecclesiastical promotions.'' 7 

h 



58 Bengal Chaplain's 



<l It is the idlest of all conceits, that 
this [13 Eliz. c. 12] is an obsolete act ; 
it is in daily use { viridi observantid, 1 and 
as much in force as any in the whole 
Statute Book, and repeatedly recommended 
to our attention by the injunctions of al- 
most every Sovereign who has held the 
sceptre of these [the British] realms. It 
is no business of mine, in this place, to 
vindicate the policy of any Legislative 
Act, but to enforce the observance of it. 
I cannot omit, however, to observe, that 
it is essential to the nature of every Esta- 
blishment, and necessary for the preserva- 
tion of the interests of the Laity, as well as of 
the Clergy, that the preaching diversity 
of opinions shall not be fed out of the 
appointments of the Established Church ; 



Vade-Mecum. $9 



since the Church itself would otherwise "be 
overwhelmed with the variety of opinion, 
which must, in the great mass of human 
character, arise out of the infirmity of our 
common nature. For this purpose, it has 
been deemed expedient to the best inter- 
ests of Christianity, that there should be an 
appointed Liturgy, to which the Offices of 
Public Worship should conform ; and as to 
preaching, that it should be according to 
those doctrines which the State has adopted, 
as the rational expositions of the Christian 
Faith. It is of the utmost importance that 
this system should be maintained. For what 
would be the state and condition of Public 
Worship, if every man was at liberty to 
preach, from the pulpit of the Church, 
whatever doctrines he may think proper to 



60 Bengal Chaplain's 






hold ? Miserable would be the condition 
of the Laity if any such pretension could 
be maintained by the Clergy." 

<l That any Clergyman should assume 
the liberty of inculcating his own private 
opinions, in direct opposition to the doc- 
trines of the Established Church, in a place 
set apart for its own Public Worship, is not 
more contrary to the nature of a National 
Church than to all honest and rational con- 
duct. Nor is this restraint inconsistent 
with Christian liberty ; for to what pur- 
pose is it directed, but to ensure, in the 
Established Church, that uniformity which 
tends to jediflcation ; leaving individuals 
to go elsewhere according to the private 
persuasions they may entertain/' Per 
Lord JStowell 



Vade-Mecum. 61 



" No man shall cover his head in the Canon xviii. 
Church or Chapel in the time of Divine 
Service, except he have some infirmity ; 
in which case let him wear a night-cap or 
coif.... None, either man, woman, or 
child, of what calling soever, shall dis- 
turb the Service or Sermon, by walking 
talking, or any other way ; nor depart out 
of the Church during the time of Service 
or Sermon, without some urgent or rea- 
sonable cause/' 

u The Church-wardens or Quest men, Canon six. 
and their assistants, shall not suffer any 
idle persons to abide either in the Church- 
yard, or Church-porch, during the time of 
Divine Service, or Preaching ; but shall 
cause them either to come in, or to de- 
part." 



62 Bengal Chaplain's 



Gibson's (i In the case of Glover and Hind, where 

Oxf. 1761. ' an Action of Trespass of Assault and 
Battery was brought, for laying hands on 
the Disturber, it was declared by the^Court, 
that at Common-Law, a Person disturbing 
Divine Service might be removed by any 
other Person there present, as being all 
concerned in the Service of God, that was 
then performing ; so that the Disturber was 
a Nuisance to them all, and might be re- 
moved by the same rule of Law that al- 
lows a Man to abate a Nuisance. " 

Bp. Wilson's " The Holy Communion should be ad 

25th Sugges- mmistered at leftst mont hly." 

Canon zxvi. " No Minister shall in any wise 
admit to the receiving of the Holy Com- 
munion, any of his cure or flock, which be 
openly known to live in sin notorious 



Vade-Mecum. 



63 



without repentance ; nor any who have 
maliciously and openly contended with 
their neighbours, until they shall Tbe recon- 
ciled/' 

" No Minister, when he celebrateth the Canon xxvii. 
Communion, shall wittingly administer 
the same to any but to such as kneel, un- 
der the pain of suspension.' 7 

" Every Minister, as oft as he adminis- Canon xxi - 
tereth the Communion, shall first receive 
that Sacrament himself. Furthermore, 
no Bread or Wine newly brought shall be 
used ; but first the words of Institution 
shall be rehearsed, when the said Bread 
and Wine be present upon the Commu- 
nion-table. Likewise the Minister shall 
deliver both the Bread and the Wine to 
every Communicant severally." 

" It is most requisite that the Minister CardweiVs 



64 Bengal Chaplain's 



Conferences, deliver the Bread and Wine into every 

p. 3d4. Oxf. J 

1849. particular Communicant's hand, and repeat 

the words in the singular number ; for so 
much as it is the propriety of Sacraments 
to make particular obsignation to each 
believer, and it is our visible profession, 
Heb. ii. 9. that, by the Grace of Go», Christ tasted 
death for every man." Answer of the 
Bishops to the exceptions of the Ministers 
at the Savoy Conference, 

B P , Wilson's " The Alms collected at the Holy Com- 

34th Sugges- mim i on are to be distributed by the Re- 
tion. . 

verend Chaplains to the Christian Poor 

amongst the Communicants or Congrega- 
tion ; and if there be none such, then to 
some charitable Christian object." 
Supreme el The following Eules are published for 

Dept'i^Feb. tne information and guidance of Chaplains 

18 34. ' at Military Stations :" 



Vade-Mecum. 65 



u 1. Commanding Officers, in concur- 
rence with the Chaplain, will fix the time 
for performing Divine Service on Sun- 
days." 

" It is obvious that the Commanding Of- Le Bas ' s 

, Life of Bp. 

ficer must be permitted to name the hour Middieton, 
of Divine Service, supposing always that Yu.' V Lo'nd. Z ' 
he will not name an hour which is alto- 1831. 
gether irregular and uncanonical ; the pre- 
servation of Military discipline seems in 
all cases to reserve this right to the Offi- 
cer Commanding ; and in this climate, es- 
pecially, a due regard to the health of the , 
Troops, makes it indispensable that the 
hour of Service should be fixed by him- ^ { \ 
self.' ; Bp. Middletorfs Letter to Adn. j 
Barnes, 5 July 1817. 

li 10. The children belonging toKegi- The Queen's 
mental Schools are to be required to at- Re * ulation ° 



66 Bengal Chaplain's 



and Orders, tend Divine Service with the Troops, un- 
pp. 214, 219. . r ' 

Lond. 1844. der the care of the Serjeant-Schoolmaster 

and of the Schoolmistress." 

" 13. Commanding Officers of Regi- 
ments are to be particularly attentive that 
no Soldier, being a Eoman Catholic, or of 
any Religious persuasion differing from 
the Established Church, shall be compel- 
led to attend the Divine Worship of the 
Church of England, but that every Soldier 
shall be at full liberty to attend the "Wor- 
ship of Almighty God according to the 
Forms prescribed by his own Religion, 
when Military Duty does not interfere." 

Bp. Wilson's 6i The Bishop need scarcely remind the 

30th and 98th Reverend Chaplains, that no one is al- 
Suggestions. r ; 

lowed to officiate in the Churches or places 

ordinarily used for Divine Service, except 



Vade-Mecum. 6 7 . 



those who are duly ordained in the Epis- 
copal Eeformed Church of England and 
Ireland, and are acting under the Bishop's 
Licence." 

cC A Chaplain appointed to officiate at a 
particular Station, or in any District in 
Calcutta, shall not, during his absence^ 
indirectly take upon himself the duties be- 
longing to a different Station or District, 
while the Chaplain of it is on the spot 
and is capable of performing such duties 
himself, unless his consent be previously 
obtained." 

" It having been represented to the Adjutant 
Commander-in-Chief the very great in- f^Z?^' 
convenience arising from any interference 2991j 20 Dec ' 

1819 

of the Military Authorities with the Ec- 
clesiastical Department, I am directed hy 



68 Bengal Chaplain's 



the Commander-in-Chief to refer you, for 
your future guidance, to G. G. O. 5th 
December 1815, in conformity with the 
provisions of which Regulation, all au- 
thority over the Chaplains of Stations be- 
ing vested in the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, 
it is not competent to any General or other 
Officer Commanding a Station, where a 
Chaplain may be fixed, to grant license to 
another Clergyman to officiate, when the 
Chaplain specially appointed to perform 
the duties of the Station is present," 
Bp. Wilson's tC If, from indisposition or other causes, 
looth Sugges- Divine Service should not be performed by 
tions. the Chaplain at the appointed time, a let- 

ter is to be addressed to the Archdeacon, 
stating the cause of the omission." 

Cc In the case of the Chaplain or Cler- 
gyman of the Station being absent or ill, 



Vade-Mecum. 69 



or the Station being otherwise left, any 
Missionary of the Propagation or Church 
Missionary Society, or other regularly or- 
dained Minister whose services are availa- 
able, should be requested to perform such 
Divine Offices as may consist with his own 
especial duties. ,J 

c< If there be no such Minister available, 
then the Chaplain of the Station should 
arrange with the Chief Civil Authority or 
Commanding Officer, for some devout and 
well-disposed Layman of the Church to 
act as Lay Reader, or Catechist, for the 
time being, upon whose nomination and 
consent being received, the Bishop will 
authorize the arrangement provisionally, 
under such instructions as will be especi- 
ally given. But nothing of this kind is to 



70- Bengal Chaplain 's 



be done without the Bishop's cognizance 
and approbation. 57 
Adjutant (( "With the view of facilitating the per- 

GeneraVs Cir. . ...-__ .. . , z. 

No. 1090 A, l formance of Divine Worship at those Sta- 
Apnl 1828. tions at which no Chaplain may be resi- 
dent, His Excellency the Commander-in- 
Chief desires, that you will appropriate, for 
the purpose, any public building that may 
be available for it ; and should there not 
be one, on receiving a report to that effect 
from you, he will recommend that such a 
building be constructed." 

" You will be pleased to invite the Of- 
ficers of the Staff and of the Native Ke- 
giments under your command, to assemble 
for the above mentioned purpose, requir- 
ing the attendance of the Staff Sergeants, 
of the Christian Drummers and Fifers, 



Vade-Mecum. 71 



with that of the whole European Soldiery 
and their Officers ; and you will cause 
Divine Service to "be performed by the 
Major of Brigade, or Station Staff Officer.' 7 



Chapter XXV. 

Ecclesiastical Vestures. 

" And here it is to he noted, that such **»*•*?, 13 & 

7 14 Car. 11. 

Ornaments of the Church, and of the Min- 
isters thereof, at all times of their Minis- 
tration, shall he retained, and be in use, as 
were in this Church of England, by the 
Authority of Parliament, in the Second 
Year oi the Reign of King Edward the 
Sixth." 

tC In the Saying or Singing of Matens Gibson's Co- 
and Evensonge, Baptizyng and Burying, ***' ^ 7 q 9 , 6, 
the Minister in the Parishe Churches and 



72 Bengal Chaplain 's 



Chapels annexed to the same, shall use a 
Surples. And in all Cathedrall Churches 
and Oolledges, The Archdeacons, Deans, 
Provestes, Maisters, Prebendaryes and 
Fellowes, beinge Graduates, may use in 
the Quiere, beside theyr Surplesses, suche 
Hoodes as pertaineth to theyr several 
Degrees whiche they have taken in any 
Universitie, within this Realme. But in 
all other places, every Minister shall be 
at Libertie to use any Surples or no. It is 
also seemely that Graduates, when they 
dooe Preache, shoulde use suche Hoodes 
as pertayneth to theyr severall Degrees." 
2 Edw. VI. at the end of the Service 
Book, A. D. 1548. 

Hook's Church a Band. This part of the Clerical dress, 
Dictionary, p. w hi c h j s too well known to need descrip- 



Vade-Mecum. 73 



tion, is the only remaining relic of the 65 - Lon *• 1852< 
ancient Amice. 37 

" Cassock. A black garment with Metis Theo- 
plain sleeves like a coat, made to fit close l ^ s ' D ^iond. 
to the Tbody and tied round the middle 1845. 
with a girdle. It is worn under the Gown 
or Surplice." 

Surplice. (s Every Minister saying Canon lviii. 
the public Prayers, or ministering the 
Sacraments, or other Eites of the Church, 
shall wear a decent and comely Surplice 
with Sleeves, to be provided at the charge 
of the Parish." 

te Questions have arisen of late as to the Eden's Theo- 
extent to which this vestment should be P °. S *349, Lond. 
worn in Divine Service. Some think 1845# 
that it is the only vestment recognized 
by the Church, and that accordingly it 



74 Bengal Chaplain's 



ought to be worn on all occasions, and 
in every part of the Public Worship, in- 
cluding the Sermon. Others are of opi- 
nion that the use of the Surplice should be 
confined to those parts of the Service in 
which the Clergyman appears as the 
Church's Minister and Representative ; 
that is, in the Morning and Evening 
Prayer, Communion Service, Baptisms, 
and other occasional Services." 
HooVs Church (t Those who are wise on either side 

60s! "Land. P ' will > in re &' ard t0 a tnin S S0 P Ure b 7 

1852. indifferent, follow the customs of the place 

in which they are called to officiate." 
Palmer's Ori- Scarf, t( The Scarf is not mentioned 
glues Liturgi- i n the Rubric of the English Ritual : but 

f-»op vol 11 Y) 

316. Oxford^ as it is often used in the Church during 

1832, the performance of Divine Service, I think 

it merits consideration in this place. The 



Vade-Mecum. 75 



Scarf is worn by Bishops, with the Ro- 
chette, and generally by Dignitaries and 
Prebendaries in Cathedrals, and by Chap- 
lains. The origin of this custom is ob^ 
scure, and I have not seen the subject no- 
ticed in any place. The Scarf is not 
worn because the person is a Doctor, by 
whom, in Universities, a Scarf is used j 
for many persons who are not Doctors 
wear it. And therefore it seems to me 
more natural to refer this custom to the 
ancient practice of the Church, according 
to which Presbyters and Bishops wear a 
Scarf or Stole in the administration of the 
Sacraments, and on some other occasions/' 

Hood. ie Such Ministers as are Gra- Canon lviii. 
duates shall wear upon their Surplices, at 
such times/' [when saying the public 
Prayers, or ministering the Sacraments, or 



76 Bengal Chaplain's 



other Kites of the Church,] " such Hoods 
as "by the orders of the Universities are 
agreeable to their Degrees, which no Mi- 
nister shall wear (being no Graduate) un- 
der pain of suspension. Notwithstanding 
it shall be lawful for such Ministers as are 
not Graduates to wear upon their Sur- 
plices, instead of Hoods, some decent 
Tippet of black, so it be not silk. 3 * 

Palmers Ori- The Hood u was formerly not intended 
gmes Llt ™gi- merely for distinction and ornament, but 

cse, vol. 11. p. •» 7 

320. Oxford, for use. It was generally fastened to the 
back of the Cope, Casula, or other vesture, 
and in case of rain or cold was drawn over 
the head. It was formerly used by the 
Laity as well as the Clergy, and by the 
Monastic Orders. In Universities, the 
Hoods of Graduates were made to signify 



Circular, No. 409- 



rWAR Office, -'. 

] —.(2nd April, 1859.) 

I Clergy. [i^^fy^^A^^a^t^ ^a/J^rt^ - 

General No. ~ /ir4& /X>tc~ A^ /q£&¥t^z -y > £&/>£; 



In order to prevent as much as possible 
interference with the ordinary School duties in Garrisons 
and Camps, and to secure uniformity of practice at home 
and abroad, the Secretary of State for War desires that 
the following rules for the management of Schools for 
religious instruction shall be observed : — 

1. Children attending the day Schools of Regiments 
and Garrisons, as well as the boys of the band, and 
drummer boys, may attend the Chaplain for religious 
instruction at such hours and such places as may be 
appointed by the Authorities on the spot. 



Circular, No. 409- 



fWAR Office, .'. 

J y/ . (2nd April, 1859. 

I vvf*/ tr/d-mr t/trfj J>tr 
\0ASfr* Mri«. p(«/.S*, 



In order to prevent as much as possible 
interference with the ordinary School duties in Garrisons 
and Camps, and to secure uniformity of practice at home 
and abroad, the Secretary of State for War desires that 
the following rules for the management of Schools for 
instruction shall be observed : — 



1. Children attending the day Schools of Regiments 
and Garrisons, as well as the boys of the band, and 
drummer boys, may attend the Chaplain for religious 
instruction at such hours and such places as may be 
appointed by the Authorities on the spot. 

2. Religious instruction shall be communicated on 
two days in every week, for one hour each day, tojje 
taken out of the ordinary hours of school atte ndan 

It will also be given on Sunday, either before or after the 
Morn in "■ Service, as shall be found most convenient. 



3. The children and others of the several persuasions 
shall attend their respective Chaplains for religious 
instruction. 

4. The hour from 11 to 12 is recommended as best 
suited to this purpose, and Tuesday and Thursday seem 
to be appropriate days, proyjded j)ther duties, are^not 
thereby interfered with.* 



// M 
5. The young persons under religious instruction by ' y r £ffl 

the Chaplain of the Church of England and by the , . ./ ■ 

Presbyterian Chaplain may assemble in the same room, ^t^3 

Jut* 



^uotuoauoo ^soui punoj oq jp?qs si? <90tAJ9g Sutuio]^ 1_ 

9q^ jq^ji? jo ojojoq jo^p 'A^pung uo u9atS 9q os^'^tav %\ c 
"oou^puo^'e jooqos jo sinoq &urpio ~Q\Jft ~"jo "^no~n9^i^ 
oq~o^ 'A^p qoisa .moq ouo joj <2[99A\ .£i9A9 ui sA^p oav^ 
uo pg^OTunmmoo 9q jreqs uorpm^sui snoiSipy; % 



3. The children aud others of the several persuasions 
shall attend their respective Chaplains for religious 
instruction. 

4. The hour from 11 to 12 is recommended as best 
suited to this purpose, and Tuesday and Thursday seem '7, 

to be appropriate days, provided other duties, are not ■ -e^V^ 
thereby interfered with.* 

5. The young persons under religious instruction by ' ^ '' 
the Chaplain of the Church of England and by the ^T^f! 
Presbyterian Chaplain may assemble in the same room, " ^ jq&Jl 
in separate compartments. The Roman Catholics will ^>e-n,Q ,t-e, 
assemble separately ; the Commanding Officer assigning /d Si-Chf* 
the place for each class, as local convenience, and their 7n/iitc- 
relative numbers, may dictate. 

6. The children attending these classes should be in 
their places a minute or two before 11 o'clock each day, 
so as to afford time for calling the roll, and devoting an 
entire hour to the purposes of instruction, and the classes 
should open with prayei\_ 

B. HAWES. 



* Friday is usually a field day, when drummers and band boys 
cannot attend ; but should either Tuesday or Thursday be so used, 
then Wednesday or Friday may be substituted for Tuesday and 
Thursday, at the will of the Officer Commanding. 



LONDON : 

Printed by George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, 
Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 

For Her Majesty's Stationery Office. 



Vade-JMecum. 77 



their Degrees by varying the colours and 
materials." 



Chapter XV. 

Churches. 
ie The Most Noble the Governor-Gene- Govt, of India, 
ral in Council is pleased to direct, that, j u \* jg]?]' n 
whenever grants are made by Government 
for buildings, it shall be considered a con- 
dition that the works are to be under the 
direction of the Officer in charge of the 
Public Works at the Station, or in the 
Division, for which the grants are made. - " 

Government is desirous, that all appli- Vide Circular 
cations for work or furniture to Chur- Board* TSo. 1 ' 
ches from District Chaplains, should, in 1714 > 30 Aug. 
the first instance, be submitted through 
the Diocesan, or Archdeacon of Calcutta, 
for the previous sanction of Government. 



78 Bengal Chaplain's 



V Estranges "When Christianity first entered the 

Alliance of Di« J -in'* 

vine Offices, world, she did not find all utensils fitted 
oaf. 1846. ' *° ^ er nan ^; ^ ut was constrained to take 
what occasion did supply : whence it is, 
that as at first Houses were her Churches, 
so Rivers were her Fonts. No other bap- 
tisteries had she for two hundred years ; 
this is evident from Justin Martyr and Ter- 
tullian. . . After the second century bap- 
tisteries were erected, but not contiguous 
or annexed to Churches, but a little sepa- 
rated from them ; and not every where 
neither, but only nigh unto Cathedrals, 
called therefore ecclesice baptismales } l bap- 
tismal Churches' ; not long after, they were 
brought into the Churches, and then dis- 
posed near the door, at the lower end, de- 
noting thereby that persons baptized did 
in that Sacrament make their first ingress 



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79 



into Christianity, who were therefore si- 
tuated, by Nazianzen's description, i in the 
entry to godliness.' " 

" According to a former Constitution, Canon hxxi. 
too much neglected in many places, we 
appoint, that there shall be a Font of 
Stone in every Church and Chapel where 
Baptism is to be ministered ; the same 
to be set in the ancient usual places : in 
which only Font the Minister shall bap- 
tize publicly." 

" Whereas we have no doubt, but that Canon hxxii. 
in all Churches within the realm of 
England, convenient and decent Tables 
are provided and placed for the celebra- 
tion of the Holy Communion, we appoint, 
that the same Tables shall from time to 
time be kept and repaired in sufficient 



80 Bengal Chaplain's 



and seemly manner, and covered, in time 
of Divine Service, with a carpet of silk 
or other decent stuff, thought meet by 
the Ordinary of the place, if any ques- 
tion be made of it, and with a fair linen 
cloth at the time of the Ministration, 
as becometh that Table, and so stand, 
saving when the said Holy Communion 
is to be administered : at which time the 
same shall be placed in so good sort with- 
in the Church or Chancel, as thereby the 
Minister may be more conveniently heard 
of the Communicants in his Prayer and 
Ministration, and the Communicants also 
more conveniently, and in more number, 
may communicate with the said Minister.*' 

Rogers's Eccl. t< J n the case of Falkner v. Lichfield 
Lonk 1849? ' and Btearn, it was decided, on appeal to 



Vade-Mecum. 81 



the Arches, that a faculty, granted by the 
Chancellor of Ely, for allowing amongst 
other things the erection of a 6 stone Com- 
munion Table, and a Credence Table 7 
could not, so far as those Tables were 
concerned, be confirmed. For an im- 
moveable structure of stone cannot be 
considered as a Communion Table within 
the meaning of the Rubrics of the Books 
of Common Prayer and the Canons Ec- 
clesiastical, nor is there any authority in 
the same for a Credence Table."* 

a Books for the Reading Desk, Commu- Abbott's Prac- 
, tical Analysis, 

* In the cases of Liddell and others v. Westerton 
and Liddell and others v. Beal, which came together 
before him, Sir John Dodson delivered a similar judg- 
ment, in the Court of Arches, on the 20th December, 
1856 ; viz., that " Communion Tables " were not to be 
of stone and fixed, but of wood and moveable, and that 
there was not any authority for placing " Credence 
Tables " iu Churches. Vide Ecclesiastical Gazette, vol. 
xix.p. 151. London, 13 Jan. 1857. 



82 Bengal Chaplain's 



pp. 200, 201, n i on Plate, Register Books, Surplices, and 
other usual and necessary things apper- 
taining to Churches, are all provided in 
general by the respective Local Govern- 
ments, at least for all such as are Govern- 
ment Churches. Applications for any of 
which necessaries are made through the 
Archdeacon." 

Agra Civil An. u Bills for Surplices and Church Table 

- dilors Manu- «- x 

ai, Art. 363. Linen are passed under the countersigna- 

yra ' ' ture of the Bishop or Archdeacon." 
Rogers's Eccl. " As the Church is a place dedicated 

Law, p. 171, an( j consecrated to the Service of God, 
Lond. 1849. , . „..'*_...._. . 

and is common to all the inhabitants, it 

belongs to the Bishop to order it in such 
manner as the Service of God may best 
be celebrated, and that there be no con- 
tention in the Church. And it is to be 
presumed that the Ordinary who hath the 



Vade-Mecum. 83 



cure of souls will take care in such cases 
according to right and conveniency, that 
is to say, to take care that the gentlemen 
have fit places for them, and the poor 
people fit places for them also, and the 
ordering thereof is a matter merely spi- 
ritual. Cc-wen's case , 12 Bep. 105." 

"The Provincial Commander-in-Chief, Adjutant Ge- 
under instructions from the Hon' We the No. 754, 16 
Governor-General of India in Council, A P ril 1835, 
has been pleased to direct, that at all Mi- 
litary Stations^ where there are "Military 
Churches," in allotting the pews, a seat 
should "be selected for the Chaplain's 
family, as conveniently for access to the 
Vestry and Pulpit as may Toe, and that no 
change shall be subsequently made with- 
out the Chaplain's consent." 



84 Bengal Chaplain's 



Gibson's Co- " The Law takes no notice of Churches 

dex, p. 190. 

Oxf. 1761. or Chapels, till they are Consecrated by 
the Bishop. And this is the Reason, 
why a Church or not a Church, a Chapel 
or not a Chapel, shall be certified by 
the Bishop. But the Canon-Law sup- 
poses, that, with the consent of the Bishop 
not only Divine -Service may be per- 
formed, but also Sacraments administered 
in Churches and Chapels not consecrated, 
inasmuch as it provides, That a Church 
shall have the privilege of Immunity, in 
qua divina mysteria celebrantur, licet adhuc 
non extiterit Consecrata." 

Bp. Helens " To open any place of Public Worship 
Rev. er ff.° e without the licence and approbation of the 
Davies, Sen. Ordinary or his Delegate, is no less con- 
trary to the practice of the Church, and, 



Vade-Mecum. 85 



indeed, to the general principles on which ? hap ' 8 ^J M ~ h 
all Ecclesiastical Societies are conducted. 1824. 
No sect of Christians with which I am 
acquainted; would allow a Chapel to be set 
on foot by any of their Ministers without 
the knowledge and concurrence of the per- 
sons by whom the affairs of their religious 
community are managed. And, by the 
Canons and Statute Laws of England, 
such places of worship, (unless avowedly 
Dissenting Chapels and licensed under the 
provisions of the Toleration Acts,) are, 
in fact, Conventicles, and render the per- 
sons who officiate in them liable to severe 
penalties, both Spiritual and Temporal." 
Bishop Heber's Life, vol. ii. p. 195. 

" There is no Form of Prayer for con- Eden's 
secration of Churches prepared by com- Theolog - Dic " 



86 Bengal Chaplain's 



tionary,p. no. petent authority : it is left to every Bi- 

Lond.1845. \ , J , . , , ,,. f „, 

shop to use any which he thinks fit, 
though the Form which was prepared by 
the Bishops in 1712, is that most gene- 
rally used." 

Adjutant Ge- " The Governor-General of India in 

neraVs Cir cu- Council is not aware: of any procession or 

A. 19 Nov. ceremony at the consecration of a Church 

at which the presence of Troops can be 

required ; but should there be any such, 

tftU- /$W^^ Ynr/h ^ e Native Troops, must not join or take 

/, fa/Lc k^/l^-vn P art m either the one or the other." 

(M*&Zn*1 ft/?e&J / /i^% etter °f £> ec ' to Govi - °f India, in the 

"Mil.Dept. IMhSept. 1836. 

Letter No. " I am directed to acquaint your Board 

lnLf°Mn. 0/tliatit has keen intimated t0 tne L ord 
Dept, to the Bishop, from the Home Department, that 

the Governor- General in Council has no 



Vade-Mecum. 87 



hesitation in admitting, that the Ecclesias- Board, 22 
tical Authorities are those to whose care 
the House of God may most fittingly be 
entrusted, and ought to possess a control 
over the monuments put up in Churches, 
both in order that the solemnity of the 
buildings may not be invaded by in- 
scriptions of an objectionable character, 
and also in order that their appearance 
may not be injured by the erection of 
monuments disproportionate to the size of 
the Church, or otherwise essentially un- 
sightly : that it is the opinion of the 
Supreme Government that leave should in 
all cases be requested from the Clergyman 
of the Station to place mural tablets in 
Churches : that in any instance where the 
Chaplain may hesitate to exercise his 
authority either for assent or refusal, it 



88 Bengal Chaplain's 



would become his duty to refer the matter 
for the Bishop's decision ; but that _ it 
does not appear to the Governor-General 
in Council necessary that the interven- 
tion of the Ecclesiastical Registrar should 
be had recourse to : that the present au- 
thorized fee of fifty (50) Eupees to the 
Registrar was sanctioned for St. John's 
Cathedral, and may have become the rule 
at the Presidency, but the Governor-Ge- 
neral in Council is not aware of its having 
been extended to the Provinces, and that 
his Lordship in Council, however, thinks 
that a suitable fee might very properly be 
charged, when the erection of a monument 
in a Church in the interior of the country 
is permitted, the money so collected being 
applied in the proportion of J to the use 
of the building, and | to charity." 



Vade-Mecum. 89 



tl In respect to the erections of Mural Letter of 

mil i t • n ^ /->. Govt, of India, 

l ablets, the directions ot the Govern- i„ the Home 
ment are briefly these : that applica- ^f^ ^* 
tion is to be made for the purpose to the Mar ch i &49. 
Ecclesiastical Authorities ; that a fee of 
50 Rupees is to be paid to the Chaplain 
for permission to erect a Mural Tablet 
within the walls of any Church ; of which 
fee, £ is to be immediately paid by the 
Chaplain to the Collector of the District, 
to be by him credited to the Government 
to meet the cost of Repairs, and Church 
Establishment, and the remaining J is to 
be retained by the Chaplain, and applied 
to charitable purposes, under such instruc- 
tions as your Lordship may think fit to 
issue." 

" With regard to Mural Tablets, the B P . Wilson's 
former usual fee cannot now, under the l arg0 ' p# 



90 Bengal Chaplain's 



33. 23 Oct. ] a te orders of Government, be enforced ; 

1855. m ' 

but a Faculty is still required for the erec- 
tion of them, and the intended inscrip- 
tion is to be submitted to the Archdea- 
con." 

Letter of the " In a matter of this sort" [as to the 
gal! enclofeT propriety of erecting a Gallery for the 
18 A°'"n854 ^eraphine belonging to the Station 
Comm. by ' Church] " the Officers of Government 

Adn. Pratt. gllould be guided hj the opinion of the 

Ecclesiastical Authorities, under whose 
care and control the Church is placed ; 
and that in accordance with that opinion 
the Gallery may be removed." 

38 B th's^e°s- S " The Bishop is favourable to a light 

tion. Pew-rent being cautiously introduced 

into the Non-Military Churches and parts 

of Churches as in Calcutta, and other 



Vade-Mecum. 91 



Stations. The proceeds to be applied by 
the Chaplains to Ecclesiastical purposes. 1 " 

* The custody of the Church Furniture ^g^'^ 0, 
in all Stations is in the Chaplain," Govt, of India 

to Adn, Pratt, 

" 2. The Officer of the Department of 16 Sept. 1853, 

and Comm. by 

Public Works holds the Articles on his him. 
books ; makes, on application, the neces- 
sary removals and repairs ; occasionally 
inspects them to see that they are not ill- 
used ; invariably inspects on the relief of 
a Chaplain to see that they are all correct 
as borne on his returns ; and takes charge 
of them in the event of the absence of the 
Chaplain from the spot ; but beyond this, 
the Executive Officer does not interfere 
with the Furniture, which is considered to 
be under the immediate charge of the 
Chaplain of the Station." 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Letter, No. « T am directed by the Deputy Go- 
11, of Govt. „ „ . J i t i 

o/ Bew^a/ to vernor ot Bengal to request, that the 

the Board of Boar( j w ^ iggiae the neC essary orders to 

Revenue, Low. J 

Prov. io Jan. Collectors to take charge of the Church 

3854, Comm. — . . & 

by Adn. Pratt. Plate when not required for use, when- 
ever they may be requested by the Chap- 
lains to do so." 
Law relating t( And it is hereby enacted, thatwhoso- 
690,691. ever shall unlawfully and maliciously set 

Land. 1842. fi re f an y Church or Chapel, or other pub- 
lic place of Religious Worship whatsoever 
.... .... shall be guilty of felony, and 

being convicted thereof shall be liable, at 
the discretion of the Court, to be trans- 
ported to such place as the Court shall 
direct for life, or for any term of years, or 
to be imprisoned for any term not ex- 
ceeding four years." Sec. xxi> of Act Ao, 
XXXI of 1838. 



Vade-Mecum. 93 



Chapter XVI. 

Soldiers 1 Chapels, 

el The design of Soldiers' Chapels in ^p. Wilson's 
the distant parts of some large and 72nd Sugges- 
extensive Cantonment remote from the tion8. 
Station Churches, is to provide means of 
privacy and retirement for the personal 
and separate private prayers of Soldiers, 
where they have do means of such re- 
tirement in their Barracks." 

" These Chapels are under the exclu- 
sive authority of the Chaplain ; for the 
purpose also, when he has health and 
leisure from other duties, of reading 
Prayers and delivering In structions or 
Lectures from time to time." 

" They are never to be used for any n 
Divine Services or Prayers by lay, irregu- 
lar, or unordained persons." 




94 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter XVII. 

Church 'Establishments, 
Order of the r ' l The Most Noble the Governor- General 
Govt.™MU. * n Council is pleased to direct, that the 
Dept. 9 Feb. Establishments attached to the Churches 

LoZU. 

at the several Stations of the Army shall 
be placed, from the 1st Proximo, u nder_ 
the direct charge of the resident Chap- 
lains, who are to draw the pay a nd allow- 
ances of these people accordingl y." 
Letter of « j n re g ar <i to a general scale of Church 

Govt, of India . ° ° _ 

to Adn. Pratt, Establishment to be provided by the 

5 Dec. 1852. (^oye^^e^ his Lordship in Council 

observes that the following items of charge 

may be assumed to be necessary and are 

allowable : — 

A Clerk, 
A Bearer, 



Vade-Mecum. 95 



A Sweeper, 
A Chowkeedar, 
and occasionally a Bheesty, 
Sacramental Elements and Lighting. 
But that it is unnecessary that the State 
should pay for Punkah-pullers and Chap- 
ees." 

The scale of Establishments adopted D £™fi rs ? f 
for the Government Churches, seems pro- Deep. Ecci. 

j. ' , . .;*,., Dept. 11 Oct. 

per, for the most part ; but it appears 1854. 
to us doubtful whether, during the hot 
season, Punkah-pullers should not be in- 
cluded among the necessary attendants, 
whom Government is bound to support 
at least for pulling the Punkahs over the 
Seats of the common Soldiers." 

As the practice of allotting Military Adjutant 
Guards to Churches is considered very cuter,™ 8* Aug" 
objectionable, His Excellency the Com- 1853 » 



96 Bengal Chaplain's 



. mander-in Chief, under instructions from 
the Most Noble the Governor-General in 
Council, is pleased to prohibit Guards be- 
ing furnished for this purpose in future, 
and requests that Officers Commanding 
Divisions and Stations will direct the 
Barrack Department to entertain the 
necessary Chowkeydars for each Church 
throughout this Presidency to which a 
Military Guard is now allotted, the said 
Guards being withdrawn so soon as the 
Chowkeydars shall have been enter- 
tained.'* 
Letter of the " The Most Noble the Governor-Gene- 
N° W< 897 Z *M7 ra * * n Council has been pleased to decide, 
Dept. to the that the Chowkeedars entertained through 
Board, 31 Oct. tne Barrack Department to replace the 
1853. Military Guards over Churches with- 

drawn under a General Order by the 



Vade-Mecum, 97 



Commander-in-Chief, dated 18th August 
last shall be entirely under the orders of 7 
the Chaplains respectively/' 

u 2nd. At present it is believed that 
the Chowkeedars are paid through the 
Department of Public Works. But his 
Lordship in Council is of opinion, that 
the payment of these men should devolve 
upon the Chaplains under whose orders 
they are placed. This system obtained 
formerly, as is shown by the General Or- 
der by the Governor-General in Council 
dated 9th February 1820, and it is known 
to Government that this principle has 
lately been acted upon in the North- Wes- 
tern Provinces, I am, therefore, desired to 
request, that you will direct Officers of 
the Department of Public Works to cease 
payment of the Chowkeedars of Churches 

m 



98 



Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



from this date 5 and measures will be taken 
for the issue of instructions through the 
Ecclesiastical Department, that the pay 
of the men shall be drawn by Chaplains 
from Executive Engineers of Divisions 
commencing with pay for November 
1853." 
a , t ,1 Agra Civil f( In the absence of the Chaplain or As- 
I^M^M* sistant Chaplain, the Abstract for the re- 
1853. gular Church Establishment may be sub- 
mitted by the Officer performing the Du- 
ties, or by the Officer in charge." 

ic Para. 11. The practice of drawing 
the gross amount allowed for Office Es- 
tablishments, notwithstanding that cer- 
tain Situations may be vacant in them, 
is a very improper one, and must be im- 
mediately abandoned in every case in 
which it is adopted/' 






r 



Court of 
Directors' 
De?p. finl. 
Dept. 20 Sep. 
1848. Comra. 
by Ada. Pratt. 



Vade-Mecum. 99 



Chapter XVIII. 

Baptism, 

Ci The People are to be admonished, Rubric, 13 
... r . ^ . ' and ,14. Car. 

that it is most convenient that Baptism n. 

should not be administered but upon Sun- 
days, and other Holy-days, when the most 
number of People come together. Never- 
theless, (if necessity so require,) Children 
may be baptized upon any other day." 

(< No Minister shall refuse or delay to Canon lxviii. 
christen any Child according to the form 
of the Book of Common Prayer, that is 
brought to the Church to him upon Sun- 
days or Holy-days to be christened, con- 
venient warning being given him thereof 
before, in such manner and form as is pre- 
scribed in the said Book of Common 
Prayer. And if he shall refuse to chris- 



100 Bengal Chaplain's 



ten the Child, he shall be suspended by 
the Bishop of the diocese from his minis- 
try by the space of three months/' 
Eulric, 13 " There shall be for every Male-child 
to be baptized two Godfathers and one 
Godmother ; and for every Female, one 
Godfather and two Godmothers." 

a "When there are Children to be bap- 
tized, the parents shall give knowledge 
thereof over night, or in the morning be- 
fore the beginning of Morning Prayer, 
to the Curate *" 

Canonxxlx. " ^° P arent sna ^ "be urged to be pre- 
sent, nor be admitted to answer as God- 

* " It is rightly observed by Mr. Sparrow, that the 
word curate in our liturgy, is not meant according to the 
vulgar use, to signify a stipendiary, hireling, or such 
as one as was formerly called temporalis vicarius, • a 
vicar at will;' but the parson, rector, or incumbent of 
the Church." V Estrange' s Alliance of Divine Offices, 
p. 490. Oxf. 1846. 



Vade-Mecum. 101 



father for his own child ; nor any God- 
father or Godmother shall be suffered to 
make any other answer or speech, than by 
the Book of Common Prayer is prescribed 
in that behalf: neither shall any person 
be admitted Godfather or Godmother to 
any Child at Christening or Confirmation, 
before the said person so undertaking 
hath received the Holy Communion." 

" It hath been accounted reasonable. _ Cardweifg 

Conferences, 

and allowed by the best laws, that guar- p. 355. Oxf. 
dians should covenant and contract for 9 * 
their minors to their benefit. By the 
same right the Church hath appointed 
sureties to undertake for children, when 
they enter into covenant with God by 
Baptism. And this general practice of 
the Church is enough to satisfy those that 



102 Bengal Chaplain's 



doubt." Answer of the Bishops to the ex- 
ceptions of the Ministers at the Savoy Con- 
ference, 
Bp.Wil^ a The difficulty of finding suitable 

son's Charge, J & 

at his 7th Visi- Sponsors for infants brought to Baptism 
Ca/cwJ. P 1855. * n some Stations, should be met as well as 
circumstances will allow. The offspring 
of believers are to be brought to Christ, 
and dedicated to Him at all events, and 
. the best choice of Godparents be accepted 
that can be found." 

" Proxies for Sponsors, who may be 
absent, should be admitted, thus securing 
a double guard for the babes so represent- 
ed, in addition to their Parents." 

Bum's The substance of the thirtieth Canon 

Ecci. Law, j s . c. rpj^ tlie first christians gloried in 
vol. i. p. 104 ° 

Lands 1781. the Cross of Christ; that the Scripture 



Vade-Mecum. 103 



doth set forth our whole redemption un- 
der the name of the Cross ; that the Sign 
of the Cross was used by the first Chris- 
tians in all their actions, and especially in 
the baptizing of their children ; that the 
abuse of it by the Church of Rome doth 
not take away the lawful use of it; that 
the same hath been approved by the Re- 
formed DivineSj with sufficient cautions 
nevertheless against superstition in the 
use of it, as, that it is no part of the sub- 
stance of this Sacrament, and that the in- 
fant baptized is by virtue of Baptism, 
before it be signed with the Sign of the Cross 5 
received into the congregation of Chkist's 
flock as ^perfect member thereof, and not 
by any power ascribed to the Sign of the 
Cross ; and therefore that the same, being 
purged from all popish superstition and 



104 Bengal Chaplain's 



error, and reduced to its primary institu- 
tion upon those rules of doctrine concern- 
ing things indifferent which are conso- 
nant to the Word of God and to the judg- 
ments of all the ancient Fathers, ought to 
be retained in the Church, considering 
that things of themselves indifferent do, in 
some sort, alter their natures when they 
become enjoined or prohibited by lawful 
authority.-" 

Bp. WiU ^ baptisms are to be performed after 

son's 40th the Second Lesson, according to the 
Rubric; or if this cannot be done with 
reference to the heat of the weather or the 
presence of Troops, then the Baptisms 
should be celebrated immediately after 
Service, Morning or Evening, and notice 
given, so that as many as possible of the 



Vade-Mecum. 105 



Congregation may remain, and join in its 
solemn celebration. The Evening Service 
generally admits easily of the celebration 
after the Second Lesson .V 

11 The Sacrament of Baptism [except in gp. Wilson's 
the case of such Infants as may be in a pre- j*. 9th Su 8£ es - 
carious state of health"] is not to be admin- 
istered in Private Houses, or in any other 
place than that which is ordinarily used 
for Divine Service." 

<e If any Minister, being duly, without Qanon Ui*. 
any manner of collusion, informed of the 
weakness and danger of death of any In- 
fant unbaptized in his Parish, and there- 
upon desired to go or come to the place 
where the said Infant remaineth, to bap- 
tize the same, shall either wilfully refuse 
so to do, or of purpose, or of gross negli- 



106 



Bengal Chaplain! s 



Bp. Wit- 
son's 44th 
Suggestion. 



Johnson's 
English Can- 
ons, vol. ii p. 



gence, shall so defer the time, as, when 
he might conveniently have resorted to 
the place, and have baptized the said In- 
fant, it dieth, through such his default, 
unbaptized ; the said Minister shall be 
suspended for three months." 

" In the case of Baptisms of Adults 
being applied for, whether European or 
Native, the Bishop is first to be consulted, 
agreeably to the Rubric ; and, where a Mi- 
litary person of a Native Eegiment is con- 
cerned, the Commanding Officer also 
should be informed. This observation 
extends to the Christian Missions in and 
near our Stations." 

" Of old the Bishop at Confirmation 
pronounced the name of every Child or 
person confirmed by him, and if he did 



Vade-Mecum. 107 



not approve of the name, or the person 2 ?7. 0x fi 
himself or his friends desired it to be al- 
tered, it might be done by the Bishop's 
pronouncing a new name upon his minis- 
tering this Rite, and the Common-Law 
allowed of the alteration. But upon the 
review of the Liturgy at King Charles's 
restoration the Office of Confirmation was 
altered as to this point. For now the 
Bishop does not pronounce the name of 
the person confirmed, and therefore can- 
not alter it." 



Chapter XXX. 

Marriage, 
The English Marriage Acts do not ex- Vide Bogers's 
tend to India; and until the year 1818 581/582!' PP * 
the matrimonial law of India, with res- Lond.\S40y 
pect to British subjects, was identical 



108 Bengal Chaplain's 



Eccl. Law, vol. with, that which prevailed in England be- 

PhiiUmore's fore the passing of the first Marriage Act, 
Ed. London, _ 2Q QeQ ^ ^ ^__^ ^^ 

Since the beginning of June 1818, three 
Acts of Parliament— 58 Geo. III } c. 85^ 
4 Geo. IV, c. 91, and 14 and 15 Vict. c. 
40,* — have been passed by which the 
law of marriage in India, as regards 
British subjects, has been greatly modifi- 
ed: but, notwithstanding the modifica- 
tion which has been made by the afore- 
mentioned Acts, the Clergy of the United 
Church of England and Ireland are, in 
the performance of their duty in respect 
to marriages, bound to conform, in all 
but absolutely impracticable cases, to the 

* For these Acts, vide Law relating to India, pp. 218, 
219 and 252. Lond. 1842; and the Calcutta Gazette 
of 1851, pp. 1161—1164 inch 



Vade-Mecum. 109 



matrimonial law which was in force in Y ide Canons 
England before the year 1754, and ought c iv/ 
not } of consequence, to celebrate any mar- 
riage until either an Episcopal Licence 
has been granted, or the Banns of Mar- 
riage have first been published, during 
the time of Divine Service, on three se- 
veral Sundays or Holy- days, by the Min- 
ister or Ministers of the Station or Sta- 
tions, where the parties dwell or are com- 
morant ; or before the parents or guar- 
dians of the parties to be married, if they 
be under the age of twenty-one years, 
and not in widowhood, have signified 
their consent to the said marriage, either 
personally, or by sufficient testimony. 

<l If the persons that are to be married Rubric 13 
dwell in divers Parishes, the Banns must 



110 Bengal Chaplain's 



be asked in both Parishes ; and the Curate 
of the one Parish shall not solemnize 
Matrimony betwixt them, without a 
Certificate of the Banns being thrice 
asked, from the Curate of the other 
Parish." 

Vide John- In the case of a person who is com- 
Mecum ^rt'i. morant m a -Parish, the Minister in pub- 
P^187. Lond. lishing his Banns ought, for caution's 

sake, to describe him as a sojourner at the 

place. 

Bp. Wilson's u If one or both of the parties reside 
tion. uggea at a distance from any Station, the Banns 
are to be published in the nearest Chap- 
lain's Station." 

Bp. Wilson's rt The permission to marry granted by 
tion? SuggCS * Commanding Officers to Privates and 



Vade-Mecum. Ill 



Non-commissioned Officers* under their 
command, as connected with Military 
discipline, is to be required as heretofore 
in such cases, previous to the publication 
of Banns ; but such permission does not 
supersede the necessity of publishing 
Banns, nor justify the Chaplain in per- 
forming the marriage ceremony without 
such publication, in any case where a 
Licence is not obtained." 



<l Marriage without Banns or Licence Johnson's 
is good, and valid in Law, if there be no part i. p. 195. 
Legal Impediment ; but the Minister is Lond ' 1709, 

* " Soldiers who may marry without the consent of 
their Commanding Officers, withheld on good and suf- 
ficient grounds, are not under any circumstances to be 
allowed accommodation for their wives in Barracks, or 
to receive subsistence money for them, or to participate 
in any of the advantages granted by the Regulations 
to married Soldiers, aod no permission to sleep out of 
Barracks or Camp is to be granted to such Soldiers." 
Reg. of the Bengal Army, Sec. xi. 60. 



112 



Ibid. p. 185. 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Burn's Eccl. 
Law, vol. ii. p. 
439. Phvli- 
move's Edit. 
Lond. 1842. 



Johnson's 
Vade Mecum, 
part i. pp. 186, 
184, 183 and 
186. London, 
1709. 



liable to three years' 
married so." 



Suspension who 



el In case the Minister, after Banns 
published, do marry persons under that 
age, [twenty-one years,] without having 
the express consent of Parents, or Guar- 
dians, he incurs Suspension for three 
years by Canon 62." 

" It is the Minister's duty to be him- 
self assured of the age, or consent of the 
parents of the parties^ before he marries 
any couple even by Banns , otherwise he 
will be guilty of a breach of the Canon. 11 

" No person has authority to forbid 
the Minister to proceed in publishing the 

Banns, but the Ordinary only." 

" Whoever has any objection against a 
marriage, must apply himself to the Ordi- 



Vade-Mecum, 113 



nary, who, if he see cause, may send an 
Inhibition to the Minister, forbiding him 
to proceed ;" Tout the Minister himself 
cannot refuse to publish Banns ; though, 
if he a be fully satisfied, that there be 
any of the [legal] impediments, he ought 
in reason to forbear publication, and is 
liable to censure, if he proceed to marry 
them [the parties] ; if it can be proved, 
that he knew the impediment." 

" The publication of Banns of a wo- Bum's Eccl. 
man who is already married, and whose JjJJ Y °phiir' 
husband is alive, is a mere nullity ; it more's Edit, 
is not properly an undue publication of 
Banns, but it is no publication at all" 

" Some have questioned the Bishop's , Johnson's 

A Vade-Mecum, 

power to grant Licenses tor marrying in part i. p. 194. 
any case, without Banns first published, Lond ' l709 ' 

o 



114 Bengal Chaplains 



because this is dispensing with an Act 
of Parliament; for the Marriage Office, 
which requires^ Banns, is part of the 
Statute Law. But then it is answered, 
that this power of dispensing is granted 
to the Bishop "by Statute Law too ; I 
mean, by 25 Hen. VIII. c. 21, by which 
nil Bishops are allowed to dispense, as 
they were wont to do : and such dispen- 
sations have been granted by Bishops 
even since Archbishop Mepham's days 
at least, who died Anno Bom. 1333/' 

Abbott's Prac- ce Sinoe 1828, in the Diocese of Cal- 

p l . C *i3o na Ca!^ cutta, it has been the practice with the 

cutta, 1845. Bishop, in his episcopal character, to 

grant his Faculty or License to marry, 

dispensing with the publication of Banns, 

on the usual oaths and security." 



Vade-Mecum. 115 



"Although a License is an authority flops'* Eccl. 

° , ^ Law, pp. 615, 

from the Ordinary for a Clergyman to so- 616. Land* 

lemnize a marriage without the publication 
of Banns, jet if he discover any variation, 
in the License, he may, without impro- 
priety, hesitate to act upon it. Indeed,, 
if he fairly has reason to suspect fraud, 
delay may "be justifiable for the sake of 
inquiry." 

" The 62nd of the Canons made in Johnson's 
1603 forbids Ministers to marry at un- par ti. p. 193. 
seasonable times ; but it is evident, that Lond ' 1709 * 
thereby are meant times of the Day, 
not of the Year, for it is presently added, 
but between the hours of 8 and 12 : so that 
it does not appear, that these [pretended] 
times [of prohibition] were ever intended 
to be prohibited by our Prelates, either 
before the Reformation, or since." 



116 Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



" Dr. Cosins, that most exact Civilian, 
takes no notice of any such Times prohi- 
bited in his Tables, though he had a fair 
occasion to do it. Tab. 4, 8, 9." 

Gibson's Co- n I find no Prohibitions expressed, or 
Oxf. 1761. ' plainly supposed, in our Constitutions or 
Canons. But there is a place in Lynd- 
wood's Gloss, which not only implies a 
Prohibition of Times in general, but ex- 
pressly mentions the Times prohibited : 
Bolemnizatio non potest fieri a prima Do- 
minica Adventus usque ad Octavas Epi- 
phanice exclusive ; et a Dominica LXX. 
usque ad primam Dominicam post Pascha 
inclusive ; et a prima die Rogationum us- 
que ad septimum diem ftsti Pentecostes 
inclusive ; licet quoad vinculum his diebus 
contrahi possit, " 



Vade-Mecum. 117 



" But these distinctions, being invent- Bum's Ecci. 
ed only at first as a fund (among many 468.' Phii'u- ' 
others) for dispensations, and being built ™ Q r ^ f^ 
upon no rational foundation, nor upon any 
law of the Church of England, have va- 
nished of themselves, and it may be just- 
ly questioned, whether if a Minister shall 
refuse to marry any persons within the 
times pretended to be prohibited, an action 
upon the case would not lie against him 
for such refusal/ ' 

" It was an ancient custom, and a very Johnson's 
good one, that Marriage should be per- * t e [ pp^JJg 

formed in no other Church, but that to 189 - Lond > 

1709, 
which the Woman belonged as a Pari- 
shioner." 

"Our Canons do not allow any to be 
married in Private Houses, or at any other 



118 



Bengal Chaplain 1 



Bp. Wilson's 
48th Sugges- 
tion. 



Time of the Day, but "between 8 and 12 
in the Forenoon. And the Bishops sel- 
dom or never dispense with these Canons 
here, [England,] as they often do in Ire- 
land. 13 

<l These hours [between 8 and 12 in 
the forenoon] apply however only to Mar- 
riages by Licenses ; Marriages by Banns 
are not so restricted ; but are to be cele- 
brated with reference to the convenience 
of the Chaplain and parties concerned." 

ie Parties residing at a distance from a 
Chaplain's Station must come in to the 
Station for marriage. They cannot claim 
the Chaplain's attendance at a distance 
from his Station.-" 

Johnson's " If there be any legal Impediment the 

Vade-Mecum, Marriage is null; thougIl Banns have been- 



Bp. Wilson' 
51st Sugges- 
tion. 



Vade-Mecum. 119 



published, or License granted; c forsov &¥t *- P- 195, 
warn/ as are coupled together otherwise than 
God's Word doth allow, are not joined to- 
gether hy God, neither is their Matrimony 
Lawful, 3 Office of Matrimony.'" 

The legal impediments are as follow : 

u 1. Precontract, when one, or both Ibid - P* 184 - 
Parties, are before Married, or Pre-engaged 
to some other Person, by solemn mutual 
Promise made before several good Wit- 
nesses, and a Suit is hereupon commenc- 
ed in some Ecclesiastical Court, Canon 
102." 

ei 2. Consanguinity, or Affinity. To ibid. p. 184. 
know who are too near akin to Marry by 
the Laws of our Church, see the Table of 
Degrees set forth by Archbishop Parker, 



120 



Bengal Chaplain's. 



Anno Vom. 1563, * and authorized and 
enjoined to "be set up in Churches by 
Canon 99." 



Burns' Eccl. 
Law, vol. ii. p. 
446. Philli- 
move's Edit. 
Lond. 1842. 



" Before the Statute of 32 Hen. VIII. 
c.38, other prohibitions than God's law 
admitteth, were invented by the Court of 
Rome. But now by this Act, all per- 
sons are declared to be lawful to 



Table of Degrees of Marriage. 



X MAN MAT NOT MARK? HIS 

1 Grandmother. 

2 Grandfather's Wife. 

3 Wife's Grandmother. 

4 Father's Sister. 

5 Mothers Sister. 

6 Father's Brother's Wife. 

7 Mother's Brother's Wife. 

8 Wife's Father's Sister. 

9 Wife's Mother's Sister. 

10 Mother. 

11 Step-Mother. 

12 Wife's Mother. 

13 Daughter. 

14 Wife's Daughter. 

15 Son's Wife. 

16 Sister. 

17 Wife's Sister. 

18 Brother'* Wife. 



A WOMAN MA?_NOT_MARRY WITH 

1 Grandfather. 

2 Grandmother's Husband. 

3 Husband's Grandfather. 

4 Father's Brother. 

5 Mother's Brother. 

6 Father's Sister's Husband. 

7 Mother's Sister's Husband. 

8 Husband's Father's Brother. 

9 Husband's Mother's Brother. 

10 Father. 

11 Step-Father. 

12 Husband's Father. 

13 Son. 

14 Husband's Son. 

15 Daughter's Husband, 

16 Brother. 

17 Husband's Brother. 

18 Sister's Husband. 



Vade-Mecum. 121 



contract matrimony, that be not prohibi- 
ted by God's Law to marry, and that no 
reservation or prohibition (God's Law ex- 
cepted) shall trouble or impeach any mar- 
riage without the Levitical degrees/' 

" By the effect of this Statute [32 Hen. Stephen's 

TTTTT «„-, , , . i • i Commentaries 

VIII. c. 38] the only marriages which vo i. „. pp . 243, 
are now illegal in respect of proximity of \ii'o Lmd ' 
degree, are the following, — those between 
persons in the ascending and descending 
line in infinitum, and those between col- 
laterals to the third degree inclusive, ac- 

19 Son's Daughter. C 19 Son's Son. 

20 Daughter's Daughter. J 20 Daughter's Son. 

21 Son's Son's Wife. > 21 Son's Daughter's Husband. 

22 Daughter's Son's Wife. 

23 Wife's Son's Daughter. 

24 Wife's Daughter's Daughter. 

25 Brother's Daughter. 
2G Sister's Daughter. 
27 Brother's Son's Wife. 



24 Husband's Daughter's Son. 

25 Brother's Son. 

26 Sister's Son. 

27 Brother's Daughter's Husband. 



2S Sister's Son's Wife. \ 28 Sister's Daughter's Husband. 

29 Wife's Brother's Daughter. < 29 Husband's Brother's Sou. 

30 Wife's Sister's Daughter. 5 30 Husband's Sister's Son. 



122 Bengal Chaplain? i 



cording to the mode of computation in the 
Civil Law, which reckons the sum of the 
degrees from the Propositus up to the 
common stock, and so down to the other 
relatives. The prohibition, however, as 
to collaterals is held to extend not only 
to consanguinei f or those related by blood, 
but to affines, or those related by marriage. 
Thus a man can marry neither his sister 
nor his wife's sister, for both are related to 
him in the second degree ; nor his sister's 
daughter, nor wife's sister's daughter, for 
both are in the third degree ; but he may 
marry his first cousin, for she is in the 
fourth degree. Though the consanguinei 
of the wife are always related by affinity 
to the husband, and the consanguinei of 
the husband to the wife, it is to be re- 
marked, on the other hand, the consangui* 



Vade-Mecum. 123 



nei of the husband are not at all necessa- 
rily related to the consanguinei of the 
wife. Hence two brothers may marry 
two sisters, or father and son a mother 
and daughter. Nor is the husband rela- 
ted to the affines of the wife, nor vice 
versa. Therefore a man may marry his 
wife's brother's wife. It is farther to be 
observed, that the prohibition as to colla- 
terals extends to those related by the half- 
blood only; and that it also applies, 
though one of the parties be a bastard ; 
for notwithstanding this circumstance, 
which makes him nullius films as to many 
civil consequences, the law recognizes his 
relationship to his natural parent, for mo^ 
ral purposes." 

"When it is vulgarly said that first t Bwn'aBocl. 
cousins may marry, but second cousins 



Law, vol. ii. 



124 Bengal Chaplain's 



pp. 449, 450, cannot, probably tins arose by confound- 

Phillimore's . ' r J * , 

Edit. Zone?. ing these two laws [the Civil and the 
1842, Canon] ; for first cousins may marry by 

the Civil Law, and second cousins cannot 

by the Canon Law." 

" But now by the aforesaid Statute of 
the 32 Hen. VIII, c. 38, it is clear that 
both first and second cousins may marry.' 7 

BiacJcstone's 3. Want of Age. u This is sufficient to 
hi™,' Stewart's avoid all other contracts on account of the 
Edit. London, imbecility of judgment in the parties con- 
tracting ; a, fortiori, therefore it ought to 
avoid this, the most important contract of 
any/ 7 
Bum's Eccl. « Previously to the 26 Geo. II, consent 
437 'b. Phiiu- was held valid if given by males of four- 
L^nY.iul'. teen anc * females of twelve years of 



ag 



Vade-Mecum. 125 



" If the male be under fourteen, or the Stephen* sCom- 
girl under twelve, the marriage, though u. p . 241. Low- 
not absolutely void, (supposing it celebra- don > 1853, 
ted with due solemnities,) is inchoate only 
and imperfect 5 and either of them, upon 
coming to the age of consent aforesaid, 
may disagree and declare the marriage 
void, without any divorce or sentence in 
the Spiritual Court ; in addition to which 
it is to be observed, that if the husband be 
of years of discretion, and the wife under 
twelve, when she comes to years of dis- 
cretion, he may disagree as well as she ; 
and so it is vice versa, when the wife is of 
years of discretion, and the husband un- 
der ; but if at the age of consent they 
agree to continue together, they need not 
be married again, The doctrine of disa- 



126 Bengal Chaplain'' s 



Tbility in respect of age is founded, we 
may observe, on the Civil Law." 

W,^ en?' 4 ' Wani °f Gonsent of Parents or Guar- 
Land. 1849.' dians. " Before the 26 Geo. II. c. 33, 
the first Marriage Act, the want of parent- 
al consent, though treated by the Civil and 
Canon Law as a cause for invalidating a 
marriage, Ayliffe Parer. 362, was in this 
country [England] a duty of imperfect 
obligation. The want of consent might 
prevent the celebration of a marriage, 
but did not affect its validity after solem- 
nization." 
BiacMone's However " by several Statutes, penal- 
hlT. Stewart s ties of J100 were laid on every Clergy- 
1854 London ' man who married a couple either without 
publication of Banns (which might give 
notice to parents or guardians) or without 



Vade-Mecum. 127 



a License, to obtain which the consent 
of parents or guardians must be sworn 
to." 

5. Want of Reason. e{ A party who is Rogers' '« Ecci. 
incapable of understanding the nature of £ow<2. P l849.' 
the contract itself, and incapable from 
mental imbecility of taking care of his 
or her own person and property, cannot 
dispose of his or her person and property 
by the matrimonial contract, any more 
than by any other contract. Browrigg 
v. Ream, 2 Phill. 71. " 

" If the first marriage be valid, it is ibid. p. 634. 
immaterial whether it was contracted in 
this country [England] or abroad. If 
celebrated according to the law of the 
country where contracted, it will be good, 
and the second marriage will be null and 



128 Bengal Chaplain's 



void, and the offender may "be convicted 
of bigamy. 5 ' 

In the 70th section of the 9 Geo. IV, 
c. 74, the cases in which parties, who 
have contracted a second marriage, are not 
subject to the penalties attached to biga- 
Law relating my, are thus declared. u Provided al- 
328. London, ways, that nothing herein contained shall 
1842 * extend to any second marriage contracted 

out of his Majesty's dominions by any 
other than a subject of his Majesty, or to 
any person marrying a second time, whose 
husband or wife shall have been continu- 
ally absent from such person for the space 
of seven years then last past, and shall 
not have been known by such person to 
be living within that time,* or shall ex- 

* The second marriage in this case is void, though 
not suhject to the penalties attached to bigamy. Vide 
Stephen's Com. vol. iv. p. 339, note (b). Lond. 1853. 



Vade-Mecum. 129 



tend to any person who at the time of 
such second marriage shall have been di- 
vorced from the bond of the first marriage, 
or to any person whose former marriage 
shall have been declared void by the sen- 
tence of any Court of competent jurisdic- 
tion. 5 ' 

" Divorces a vinculo matrimonii, for BiacJcst one's 
adultery, have of late years been fre- ^'suwan'l 
quently granted by Act of Parliament, Edit. London, 
but not without very strict investigation, 
and, as a general rule, not until both a 
jury has given damages in an action for 
criminal conversation, and a sentence of 
divorce has been passed in the Spiritual 
Courts." 

u These divorces \h vinculo matrimonii] Eartiey-wu- 
can only be obtained by Act of Parlia- Tmttot 
ment, aDd are so expensive; as totally to 

q 



130 Bengal Chaplain 's 



p. 103. Lond. preclude the lower classes of society from 

1853. 

ever obtaining them, even where it would 
be most desirable/' 
Bum's Eccl. u In tlie East lndi tlie Supreme Courts 

Law, vol. n. p. r 

500. PMiii- of Judicature grant divorces a mensd et 

move's Edit. , „ 
Lond. 1842. IrWro. 

Vide Law re- By the 1 Geo. IV. cap. ci, which is en- 

vPtsofml titled " An Act t0 enable tlie Examina- 
Lond. 1842. tion of Witnesses to be taken in India 
in support of Bills of Divorce on Account 
of Adultery committed in India," the 
Speaker of either House of Parliament 
may issue his Warrant to the Judges of 
the Supreme Courts of Judicature in 
India for the examination of witnesses in 
India. 



Vade-Mecum. 131 



Chapter XX. 

Surrogate. 
" Surrogate is one who is substituted or Hook '* Church 

. * m Dictionary, p, 

appointed in the room oi another. Thus 608. London, 

1852 

the office of granting Licenses for marri- 
age in lieu of Banns, being in the Bishop 
of the Diocese by his Chancellor, the in- 
convenience of a journey to the seat of 
Episcopal Jurisdiction is obviated by the 
appointment of Clergymen in the princi- 
pal Towns of the Diocese as Surrogates, 
with the power of granting such Licenses." 

" No Faculty or License shall be hence- Canon cl, 
forth granted for solemnization of matri- 
mony betwixt any parties, without thrice 
open publication of Banns, according to 
the Book of Common Prayer, but upon 
good caution and security taken." 



132 Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



Canon cii. « The security mentioned shall contain 
these conditions : First, That, at the time 
of the granting every such License, there 
is not any impediment of precontract, 
consanguinity, affinity, or other lawful 
cause to hinder the said marriage. Se- 
condly, That there is not any controversy 
or suit depending in any Court before 
any Ecclesiastical Judge, touching any 
contract or marriage of either of the 
said parties with any other. Thirdly, 
That they have obtained thereunto the 
express consent of their parents, (if they 
be living,) or otherwise of their guar- 
dians or governors. Lastly, That they 
shall celebrate the said matrimony pub- 
lickly in the Parish Church or Chapel 
where one of them dwelleth, and in no 



Vade-Mecum. 133 



other place, and that between the hour 
of eight and twelve in the forenoon." 

fi If both the parties which are to Canon civ - 
marry being in widowhood do seek a 
Faculty for the forbearing of Banns, 
then the clauses before mentioned, re- 
quiring the parents' consents, maybe 
omitted ; but the Parishes where they 
dwell, both shall be expressed in the 
License, as also the Parish named where 
the marriage shall be celebrated." 

C( Surrogates under the Bishops, and AlboWs Prac- 

. / heal Analysis, 

their Commissaries, are now regularlyap- pp. 130, 131, 
pointed at all the principal Stations, for CaUuU I845 ' 
the express purpose of granting such 
Episcopal Licenses, and which has been 
attended with much convenience. These 
Officers are sworn faithfully to execute 



134 Bengal Chaplain's 



their office ; and give security to the 

Bishop for the faithful performance of 
their duties. They return into the Bi- 
shop's Registry all Affidavits leading to 
the issue of the Licenses graated by 
them as such Surrogates." 

Bp. Wilson's (i Surrogates in issuing Licenses are to 
tion. he very particular in seeing that the par- 

ties applying take all the regular oaths in 
the strictest manner, according to the 
Forms of the Affidavits. The least de- 
parture from these Forms exposes a Cler- 
gyman to prosecution.-" 

Mr. Commis- (c Viewing the great importance of 

CircuiaHf S recordiog all Affidavits sworn to with as 

Nov. 1850. little delay as possible, I am desired by 

the Lord Bishop to call the several Sur- 



Vade-Mecum. 135 



rogates' attention to the due observance 
of the following Rules/' 

u 1. All Affidavits sworn to before 
them to be immediately returned into 
the Registry, if possible, for record." 

" 2. Should no Affidavits be returned 
for the space of three months^ and no 
account rendered of the number of Li- 
censes remaining with the Surrogate, it 
will be the duty of the Registrar to call 
for such Returns, or to state if no Affida- 
vits have been sworn to intermediately, 
and also to request the Surrogate to in- 
form him of the number of Licenses re- 
maining with the Surrogate under the 
Bishop's Seal and official Signature of 
the Registrar." 

u 3. In case no satisfactory answer is 
returned by the Surrogate, or the infor- 



136 Bengal Chaplain's 



mation is withheld, or the Surrogate 
should, upon any such request, omit to 
make his Returns of Affidavits, the Re- 
gistrar will immediately name the same to 
the Bishop or Commissary, and will re« 
fuse to furnish the Surrogate with further 
Licenses, until the matter is disposed of 
by his Lordship." 

" 4 Whenever Affidavits are duly and 
satisfactorily returned by the Surrogate 
into the Registry, and are accompanied by 
a request for further Licenses, it will be 
the duty of the Registrar immediately to 
furnish and forward the usual number to 
the Surrogate, according to the practice 
hitherto observed." 

ct 5 . Should the Surrogates have rea- 
son to complain of any neglect, or other- 



Vade-Mecum. 137 



wise, on. the part of the Registrar, they 
will inform the Bishop or Commissary 
of the same/ 7 



Chapter 2SXI. 

Fees. 

" No Sacrament of the Church is to he Rogers's Ecci. 
denied to any one upon the account of zlndf'im. 
money.'" 

" Para. 48. We cannot admit the Court of Di- 
right of our Chaplains to demand Fees r J et ? r £ Desp * 

* -- ■ t» . TT . .. Eccl. Dept. 23 

from Persons in His Majesty's or the Com- July 1824. ^ 
pany's Service, belonging to the Station /ZZZ:7lf£> 
to which they are attached, for the perfor- ^^^/^" -" 
mance of services connected with the ad- 
ministration of their Sacred Functions ; 



138 Bengal Chaplairis 



but, on the other hand, we do not intend 
to restrict them from the acceptance of 
such Fees in cases where they may be 
freely and gratuitously given. " 

Govt of India, ti The Honorable the Governor-General 

Eccl. Dept.22 -,-,..« ., , , .„ 

April 1835. of India m Council is pleased to notify, 
that in future no Fees whatever shall be 
required from the Military Service, or 
from the Families of Military Persons, by 
the Honorable Company's Chaplains in 
the Presidencies of Bengal and Agra, for 
the performance of Sacred Offices." 

Court of m- u 5 # The second portion of the Eccle- 

rectors' Depp. . 

Eeci.D pt, 31 siastical Proceedings now under our notice, 
July 1839. an( ^ on w ^ c ] 1 a Memorial from seventeen 

Chaplains has been received, relates prin- 
cipally to certain Fees hitherto paid to the 



Vade-Mecum. 139 



two Senior Chaplains, which, on the de- 
parture of the present Incumbents, are (at 
the recommendation of the Bishop) to be 
divided among the five Presidency Chap- 
lains." 

<( 6. The Clergymen in their Memo- 
rial object to this arrangement, and re- 
quest that the Fees received at the three 
Churches of the Presidency should be 
continued to the two Senior Chaplains, 
without any consideration of the duties 
to be performed.' ' 

(i 7. We concur in the Proceedings 
of the Bengal Government on this subject, 
and we desire that the five Presidency 
Chaplains, whose places will thus be 
rendered objects of desire to the Ecclesi- 



140 Bengal Chaplain's 



astical Establishment, may, in future, be 
selected exclusively from trie seventeen 
senior Chaplains, with all regard to seni- 
ority. This measure will, we trust, re- 
move the objection which many of the 
Clergy entertain to the new arrangement, 
principally, it would appear, through the 
expectation that these advantageous ap- 
pointments would not be reserved as 
rewards for long and meritorious ser- 



Vide Notifi- Since the 1st October 1853, Chaplains 
Vf^Bengai™ ' at the Presidency have been allowed to 
Ecei. Dept. 15 receive, on the occurrence of Marriages 

Sept. 1853. . ° 

and Burials, the following Fees : — 

On a Marriage by License, . . . Us. 50 
On a Marriage by Banns, „ 8 



Vade-Mecum. 



141 



On Burials. 


• 
a . 

So 

O n 


s -2 a 

£ c 59 

2 ® o 

£ao 


When Coffins are brought in a Hearse 
or other Conveyance. 

f First Tnterment, .. 
In a Pucka Grave, ■< Any subsequent 

L Interment, .... 
In a Cutcha Grave, 


Rg. 

32 

16 
3 

12 

8 



Rs. 

20 

10 
6 


When Coffins are brought 
on Men's Shoulders. 

("First Interment, .. 
In a Pucka Grave, -1 Any subsequent 
L Interment,.. .. 


8 

4 








For the ministration of Baptism no Fee 
whatever is charged. It rests, however, 
with the Chaplains {except in cases of dan- 
gerous illness) to appoint the time for the 



142 



Bengal Chaplain's 



i administration of that Sacrament with re- 
{ ference to their other duties. 



The Queen's 
Regulations 
and Orders, 
pp.214, 215. 

Lond. 1844. 



Adjutant 
GeneraVs 

Circular, No. 

1090, 1 April 

1828. 



Chapter XXXI. 

Regimental Schools, 

a 1 1 . It is to be remembered, that the 
main purposes for which Begimental 
Schools are established, are to give to the 
Soldiers the comfort of being assured, 
that the education and welfare of their 
Children are the objects of their Sove- 
reign's solicitude ; and to raise from their 
offspring a succession of loyal Subjects, 
brave Soldiers, and good Christians." 

u His Excellency the Commander-in- 
Chief having learnt that difficulties have 
occurred, with regard to Chaplains visi- 
ting the Kegimental Schools of some of 












Vade-Mecum. 143 



the Corps in the Service of the Hon'ble 
the East India Company, I have received 
the orders of His Excellency to request, 
that you will give such directions to the 
Officers Commanding those Corps, as 
will insure every faci lity being afforded 
to Chaplains in the performance of so 
important a duty/' 



" 7. It is incumbent on the Chaplains, TheQueerft ^ 
and other Clergymen engaged in the ^-||g£ 4rv-A 

spiritual duties of the Army, to give their pp- 21 ?> 218. 

• •, ^r.-.- ^\n • Zond. 1844. 

assistance to the Military Officers, in pro- 
moting the success of the Regimental 
Schools, by frequently visiting those of 
their Divisions and Garrisons ; by dili- 
gently scrutinizing the conduct of Ser- 
jeant-Schoolmasters and Mistresses ; by 
ascertaining the progress and general be- 



144 Bengal Chaplain's 



haviour of the Children ; by examining 
them occasionally in the Church Cate- 
chism ; and by giving them such expla- 
nations on the subject as may impress 
them with just notions of the Principles 
of Religion and good Morals. " 

Supreme " 3. He [the Chaplain at a Military 

Dept 17° Feb. Station] i § t0 carefully super intend and 
1834 « inspect the European Regimental and 

other Schools, visitingjthem for th isjpur- 
pose not less thanjmce a week, and to 
represent any matter concerning their 
management, to the Commanding Officer, 
which may require his notice. Provided, 
however, that in the performance of the 
above duty he shall not interfere with the 
religious persuasion of those who do not 
profess the tenets of the Church of Eng- 



Vade-Mecum. 145 



/^rO^nv. 



land. He is to represent to the Com- 
manding Officer [of the Station*] on the /' 
1st January and the 1st July in each 
year, and oftener if necessary, the state 
of the European Regimental Schools, the 
qualifications and conduct of the Master^ 
and the proficiency of the Scholars/' 

" We expect on the part of Command- Court of Di- 

_ rectors' Desp. 

mg Officers or European Corps, a zealous Mil. Dept. No. 
attention to maintain in full efficiency ^J 7 March 
the Division and Regimental Schools au- 
thorized at their respective Stations ; we 
also expect that Reviewing Generals will 
carefully inquire into the state of Schools 
within their respective Divisions, and 
report the results for the information of 
the Commander-in-Chief." 

* Vide Sec. xiv Art. 5 of the Military Regulations, 
1855, 



1^6 Bengal Chaplain's 



856 



inThTeps d O,'. " Man ^ of the Confidential Reports on Eu- 
der, 6 Sept. ropean Corps being deficient in the full in- 
formation that is required, relative to Regi- 
mental Schools^ the Commander-in-Chief 
directs that the following instructions shall 
be entered as Article 19, Section XLII of 
the Military Regulations, in substitution 
of the Article at present bearing this num- 
ber, which is to be expunged : — " 

(( The state of Regimental Schools is to be 
most carefully inquired into, and fully re- 
ported upon ; and information on the fol- 
lowing points is invariably to be given : — 

1st. Whether the Schools are conducted 
according to established Regulation ? 

2nd. Is the School-master duly qualified 
for his situation ? 

3rd. — Name and age of the School-mas- 
ter ? 



Vade-Mecum. 147 



4th. Is tlie Schoolmistress duly qua- 
lified? 

5th. Her name and age ? 

6th. Are the Schools frequently visited | 
by the Chaplain ? ' 

7th. Number of Adult Pupils of each 
rank ? 

8th. Number of male and female Chil- 
dren attending School ? 

9th, The hours of attendance of each 
description of Scholars ? 

10th. The branches of study pursued, 
and the general degree of proficiency that 
seems to have been attained ? 

11th. The degree of attention bestowed 
by the Commanding Officer on the effici- 
ency of the School ? 



148 Bengal Chaplain 1 i 



12th. The Report given by the Chap- 
lain of the talents and correctness of con- 
duct of the School-master and School-mis- 
tress, and of the progress and general be- 
haviour of the Scholars ? 

13th. The number of Adults in the 
Regiment who are able to read and write, 
and of those who can read only ? 

14th. The number of Adults studying 
Hindoostanee, when a class for instruction 
in that language has been formed in the 
Corps ?" 

" In addition to the foregoing information } 
specially called for, the Inspecting Officer 
will draw attention to anything connected 
with the Schools that he may deem worthy 

of notice." 



Vade-Mecum. 



149 



Chapter XXXXX. 

Chaplains are to visit the sick in European 
Hospitals and elsewhere, 

" When any person is dangerously sick canon Ixvii 
in any Parish, the Minister, or Curate, 
having knowledge thereof shall resort 
unto him or her, (if the disease be not 
known, or probably suspected, to be infec- 
tious,) to instruct and comfort them in 
their distress, according to the order of the"? 
Communion Book, if he be no Prea cher, / 
or if he be a Preacher, then as he shall 



thin k most needfu l and c onvenient,^ 

a Military Station 



ii 



Supreme 
Govt. Eccl. 



" The Chaplain at 
is to visit regularly, at least twice in each Dept. 17 Feb. 
week, th e European Hospital or Hosp itals . 
Provided, ho^v^yerjjtha^ ^n_the perform- 
ance of this duty, he shall not interfere 






150 Bengal Chaplain's 



with the religious persuasion of those who 
do not profess the tenets of the Church of 
England." 
The Qmnls (c Officers Commanding Districts or Bri- 

Regulations ° . . . 

and Orders p. gades are frequently to visit the Hospitals 

1844, ' °^ ^ e gi men * s under their Command 

/• & ~fi~ !^ V they are likewise responsible that Divine 

C v^^yi ce * is_performed, and duly attended 

^7 by the convalescent Patients, and that the 

J Sick are regularly visited by the Chaplain 

attached to the Brigade or District." 

In order that a Chaplain might not 
meet with any interruption in his visits to 
the European h ospitals, it would, perhaps, 
"be well, that he made them at hours dif- 

* From Article 390, in p. 109, of the Work entitled 
" Explanatory Directions for the Information and Gui- 
dance of Pay-masters and Others" of Her Majesty's 
Army, it would appear, that, to " read Prayers to^ the 
Patients, "is what is meant by the performance of Divine 
Service at Hospitals. 



Vade-Mecum. 151 



ferent from those prescribed in the follow- 
ing Government Order for the visits of 
Medical Officers. 

" At the recommendation of His Ex- J?T3 

Govt. Mil. 

cellency the Commander-in-Chief, the Dept. No. 190, 
Governor-General in Council is pleased to ' ep ' 
direct, that the following Rules relative to 
the hours of visiting Hospitals, shall be 
applicable to the whole Army, both Eu- 
ropean and Native Troops, whether be- 
longing to His Majesty's Service, or the 
Service of the Honorable Company." 

" 2. That from the 1st March to the 
1st October, Medical Officers shall make 
their morning visit to their Hospitals by 
I past 6 o'clock ; and not later than | past 
7 o'clock, from the 1st October to the 1st 
March ; except in those cases, where it 



152 Bengal Chaplain's 



can be satisfactorily shewn, that their at- 
tendance at the hours specified was ab- 
solutely necessary elsewhere on Public 
Duty." 

" 3. The evening visit at all seasons 
of the year 5 to be at 4 an hour before sun- 
set." 



Chapter XXIV. 

Bibles and Prayer B<oks for Troops and 
Distribution of Religious Tracts. 

Court of Di. "25. Bibles and Prayer Books for 
rectors' Desp. Protestant 'Soldiers are supplied, on pav- 

Mil. Dept. No. L l ' r J 

149, 7 Dec. ment ; by the Society for Promoting Chris- 
tian Knowledge. As that Society has es- 
tablished Depots in India, there can be 
no objection to the supplies being procured 
there, instead of by Indent on us." 



Vade-Mecum. 153 



Ci 28. The Regulations with regard to 
the custody and supply of Bibles and Tes- 
taments which obtain in Her Majesty's 
Army, should be adopted in our Ser- 



ci They [Officers Commanding Regi- The Queen's 
ments and Depots] are to take care that and Orders, $. 
whatever books are transmitted for the use ?*?• Londm 

Io4.4. 

of the Soldiers are distributed in the most 
appropriate manner, and that the greatest 
attention be given to their preservation 
which may be consistent with the free 
circulation and use of them. An ample 
supply is to be allotted for the use of the 
Patients in the Regimental Hospitals, and 
of the young Soldiers and Children who 
may be under instruction in the Regimen* 
tal Schools." 

t 



154 Bengal Chaplain's 



Commander- a Commanding; Officers will forward 

in-Chief s Or- ° ,. , 

der, 6 May Indents lor Bibles, &c, direct to the Se- 

18 56, cretaries of the Society for Promoting 

Christian Knowledge, who will comply 

with the same without any reference to 

Army Head-Quarters/' 

il The Commander-in-Chief finds it 

Continuation , ~ 

of the Adden* necessary to republish the annexed. Uene- 
<&£$£* ral 0rder > wWch regulates the distribu- 
lotions and tion of Bibles and Religious Tracts 
128, *' P * amongst Troops, and to desire that Gene- 
ral Officers, and Commanding Officers of 
Regiments and Depots, will pay strict 
attention thereto." Horse Guards, 10th 
November, 1848. 

" General Order, No. 414. 

Horse Guards, 18th May, 1824." 
" It has been represented to the Com- 






Yesterday's " Bombay Gazette" has 
the following paragraphs : — 

;< We see the Judge of the Small Cause 
Court at Poona, being in doubt as to 
whether a Chaplain of the ^Church of 
Scotland, doing duty and living in can- 
tonments, is amenable to his jurisdiction, 
has stated a case to the High Court ; and 
that tribunal has told him that such an 
officer is not amenable. Chaplains are al 
military officers in India. 



i:„l,; 



,f tha T?- 



vj grains. 
X ounce. 

l„isbed a ndU.efilmsonen OTtwo ^ No . 

.solution 1, w f off a in t h e ordinary manner, 
[poured on and oil in oat lf f a 

P u tlie details ^;^' s ° ame de , ?p « m 
intensity be desi.e^ Rd(3 Uio„ of 



Vade-Mecum. 155 



mander-in-Chief, that, in some instances, 
Kegimental Officers have been employed 
by certain Societies for the distribution of 
Bibles and Religious Tracts among the 
Troops ; and considering that such a duty 
belongs solely to the Chaplains of the 
Army, who are attached to Garrisons, or 
Brigades, and who are the proper and only 
Channel, with the approbation of the 
Commanding Officers, for all communica- 
tions of this nature, His Royal Highness 
; strictly forbids Military Officers from ac- 
cepting or executing any such commission 
under the penalty of His Majesty's se- 
vere displeasure." 

" In giving this Order to the Army 
His Royal Highness feels it essential to 
declare, that Military Chaplains are al- 



156 Bengal Chaplain's 



ways ready to perform the duties for 
which they are held responsible ; and that 
they will never fail to issue to the Troops, 
under regular authority, whatever it may 
be proper to distribute among them. 5 ' 



Chapter XXV. 

Garrison Jails and Regimental Cells. 

Bp. Wilson's lc The Jails should be visited regularly 

tiofl. ugge3 ~" where there are European Prisoners.* " 

Addenda to " 12. He [the Provost Serjeant] is 

the Queen's not to p erm it any person to visit the Pri- 

llegulations r _ 

and Orders, soners, other than the Officers appointed 



pp. 8, 9. 



* " In Broad v. Pitt, Lord Wynford said, it had been 
decided in Gtlham's case, that the privilege [from dis- 
closure] did not extend to Clergymen, but that he would 
never compel a Clergyman to disclose communications 
made to him by a Prisoner ; but if he chose to disclose 
them, he should receive them in evidence." PhilUpps*s 
Law of Evidence, vol. i. p. 165 Lond. 1843. 



Vade-Mecum. 157 



by these Bules, — the Chaplain, and the 
Officers of the Kegiment to which the 
Prisoners belong, under the sanction of 
their respective Commanding Officers." 

" 21. No books are to be permitted in 
Cells for the use of Prisoners, except such 
as are specified in a List which shall be 
approved by the Garrison Chaplain, or 
in the event of there being no Garrison 
Chaplain, by the Principal Chaplain of 
the Army." Horse Guards, 8th Novem- 
her, 1844. 



Chapter XXVX. 

Burial, 
cc By Canon 68, it is directed that no Rogers's 
Minister shall refuse or delay to bury any j^!' x,o»i. P ' 
corpse that is brought to the Church-yard, 1849 - 



15S Bengal Chaplain's 



convenient warning being given him there- 
of; and if he shall refuse to do so (except 
the case falls within the exceptions) he 
shall be suspended for the space of three 
months." 
Rubric 13 " The Office [of Burial] is not to be 
' used for any that die unbaptized, or ex- 
communicate, or have laid violent hands 
upon themselves." 
Rogers'* " By unbaptized, is meant a person 

124 ind*To? P " not baptized at all, that is, not initiated 
Lond. 1849. m t the Christian Church by any Form 
which can be recognized as a legal and 
valid initiation. It is immaterial, there- 
fore, whether the person to be buried 
has been baptized according to the Form 
of the Church of England or not, or whe- 
ther he has been baptized by a Layman 
or a Clergyman, provided the essence of 



Vade-Mecum. 159 



Baptism, according to what has usually 
been received among Christians as such, 
has taken place. The Church of England 
does not refuse the Office of Burial to 
Persons who are not conforming Members 
of this Church : that Canon, indeed, says, 
that the Parish Minister is to Christen 
any Child, and Bury any Corpse ; and 
hence it has been suggested, that those 
only are entitled to Burial who have been 
first Christened according to the Form of 
the Church, but there is no such rule. 
It is the duty of the Minister to Bury 
all Christian Persons dying within the 
Parish. As to the Popish recusants, in- 
deed, they were required to be buried in 
the Church or Church-yard, or a penalty 
was incurred by their Bepresentatives. 
3 Jac. c. 5." 



160 Bengal Chaplain's 



" The case of Mastin v. Escott, was 
carried by appeal to the Privy Council, 
and the decision in Kemp v. Wiches fully 
confirmed ; by which case it was decided, 
that a Child completely baptized by a 
Wesleyan Minister, not having received 
Episcopal Ordination, was not <e unbap- 
tized" ; and a Clergyman refusing, due 
warning having been given him, to bury 
such Child, was suspended for three 
months by the express words of the 68th 
Canon" 

fe The case of Kemp v. Wiches, support- 
ed by the case of Mastin v. Escott, de- 
cided that Baptism by a Layman is suf- 
ficient ; but both these cases stopped 
short of deciding the further question 
that Baptism by a Dissenting Minister 



Vade-Mecum. 161 



or Heretical Baptism was sufficient. This 
latter point was distinctly raised in the 
case of Titchmarsh v. Chapman, and the 
Court Sir H. Jenner Fust expressed his 
opinion : That though both Lay and 
Heretical Baptism were contrary to the 
orders of the Church, yet both were valid 
and entitled the recipient in either case 
to the (temporal) privileges conferred by 
valid Baptism." 

The Excommunication spoken of in the Johnson's 
68th Canon, is " Esccommunicatio major. 71 p a Vi7 pp^S 

iC Excommunicatio major is that, where- 1709 : and * 
by men are deprived, not only of the vide Rogers'* 

Eccl. Law pp. 

Sacraments, and the Benefit of Divine 511/512.' 
Offices, but of the Society and Conversa- Lond - im ' 
tion of the Faithful. They, whether 
Laymen, or Clergymen, who die under 



162 Bengal Chaplain's 



this Sentence, are not to lbe buried by the 
Book of Common Prayer, This is called 
Anathema et Mucro Episcopalis" 

" It has been disputed, whether Per- 
sons, who are by Lata, or Canon, declared 
ipso facto excommunicated, do fall under 
that Sentence before they are cited by the 
Ordinary, and have the Fact proved 
against them, and they are denounced 
Excommunicate in Ecclesiastical Court. *\ 

" Now, the Judges have declared, that 
Excommunication takes no effect, as to 
the Common Laiv, till it be denounced by 
the Ordinary and Curate of the place 
where the Offender lives ; no, not when 
suck Excommunication is decreed by Act 
of Parliament, as by the Statute of Edw t 
VI." [5 & 6 Ed % VI, o. 4, s, 2.] 



Vade-31ecum. 163 



"The Most Noble the Governor-Ge- Govt, of 
neral in Council observes, that, according Dept.' (Ecci.) 
to the Law of the Church of England, 21 Dec « 1855> 
the Office of Christian Burial cannot be 
refused by a Chaplain of the Church to 
any deceased person, unless he have died 
unbaptized or excommunicated, or have 
laid violent hands upon himself ; and that 
the Excommunication which can alone 
justify refusal is Excommunication by 
Sentence of a Court of competent jurisdic- 
tion, and not Excommunication by a Priest 
of the Church of Rome, or a Minister 
of the Established Church/' 

" Therefore a Chaplain of a Station 
when requested by a Commanding Officer 
to bury a Roman Catholic is, as a general 
rule, bound to do so according to the 
Ritual of the Church of England j and 



164 Bengal Chaplain's 



it is not sufficient ground for refusal that 

a Roman Catholic Priest at the same 

Station has already refused to Tbury the 

deceased." 

burn's Eccl. " Of this sort [those who have laid 

move's Edit, violent hands upon themselves] are to be 

vol. i. pp. 265, understood, not all who have procured 

266. Lond. 7 r 

1842. death unto themselves, but who done it 

voluntarily, and consequently have died 
in the commission of a mortal sin ; and 
not idiots, lunatics, or persons otherwise 
of insane mind." 

" The proper judges whether Persons 
who died by their own hands were out of 
their senses are doubtless, the Coroner's 
Jury. The Minister of the Parish hath 
no authority to be present at viewing the 
body, or to summon or examine witnesses. 



Vade-Mecum. 165 



And therefore he is neither entitled nor 
able to judge in the affair ; but may well 
acquiesce in the public determination 
without making any private inquiry. 
Indeed, were he to make one, the opinion 
which he might form from thence, could 
usually be grounded only on common 
discourse and bare assertion. And it 



cannot be justifiable to act upon these, in 
contradiction to the decision of a Jury 
after hearing witnesses upon Oath. And 
though there may be reason to suppose 
that the Coroner's Jury are frequently 
favourable in their judgment, in consider- 
ation of the circumstances of the deceas- 
ed's family with respect to the Forfeiture J 
and their Verdict is in its own nature 
traversable : yet the Burial may not be 
delayed until that matter, upon trial, 



166 Bengal Chaplain's 



shall be determined. But on acquittal 
of the crime of Self-murder by the Co- 
roner's Jury, the body in that case not 
being demanded by the Law, it seemeth 
that a Clergyman may and ought to ad- 
mit the body to Christian Burial." 
Stephen's (e < It is not every melancholy or hypo- 

voi. i». pp.' ' chondriac distemper that denominates a 
l 33, » 13 ** , nian non compos, 1 says Sir M. Hale, 
vol. i. p. 412, ' for there are few who com- 
mit this offence (of Suicide) but are under 
such infirmities ; but it must be such an 
alienation of mind that renders them to 
be madmen, or frantic, or destitute of 
reason.' And Haivkins, b. 1, c. 27, s. 2, 
lays down a similar doctrine, and repro- 
bates the notion, which he says had un- 
accountably prevailed of late, that every 
one who kills himself must be non compos. 



Vade-Mecum. 167 



It is to be observed, however, that there 
are many cases of Suicide in which no 
motive for the act appears or can be 
imagined, such as can be supposed to 
operate upon a mind free from morbid 
delusion. In these circumstances the 
practice of Juries to return a Verdict of 
Insanity, without farther evidence of un- 
soundness of mind, does not seem fairly 
to fall under censure. In other kinds of 
murder also this apparent want of rational 
motive is of frequent occurrence, and 
ought, it would seem lead to the same con- 
clusion. But the danger of acquittal on 
this ground without farther proof of In- 
sanity, is too obvious to require remark ; 
and should always deter a Jury from a 
Verdict of that description, unless the 
circumstances be very strong and peculiar, 



168 Bengal Chaplairis 



and such as to make it impossible to sup- 
pose the existence of any rational motive 
for the act." 
General ti "With reference to General Orders by 

Order by the . ^ . J 

Provinc. Com- the Commander-in-Chief of the 24th 

S^May September 1829, the Major General in 
1834. Command of the Forces is pleased to 

direct, that in all cases of Suicide, the 
opinion of the Court of Inquest, as to the 
Sanity or Insanity of the Individuals, be 
invariably recorded. n 

BiacJcstone's tc Now the question follows what pun- 
Com. Stew- ishment can human Laws inflict on one 

art s Edit. vol. 

iv. p. 234. [a Felo de se] who has withdrawn himself 
from their reach ? They can only act 
upon what he has left behind him, his 
reputation and fortune : on the former, 
until very lately, by an ignominious Buri- 



Vade-Mecum. 169 



al in the Highway, with a stake driven 
through his body ; but now by Stat. 4 
Geo. IV. c. 52, by a private Burial in a 
Church-yard within twenty-four hours 
after the inquisition, and between the 
hours of nine and twelve at Night, and 
without the Kites of Christian Burial ; on 
the latter, by a Forfeiture of all his Goods 
and Chattels to the King : hoping that 
his care for either his own reputation, or 
the welfare of his family, would be some 
motive to restrain him from so desperate 
and wicked an act." 

" The Commander-in-Chief is pleased General Or- 
to direct, that Soldiers of sane mind, who „ der by \ he 

' Commander- 

COmmit Suicide, shall be interred in the in-Chief, 24 

consecrated Burying Ground, after night- ep * 

fall, but without Funeral Rites, or any 

Military Honors whatever." 



170 Bengal Chaplain'' s 



Rogers « Before a Clergyman can be consider- 

Eccl. Law, pp, OJ 

126, 127. ed under the 68th Canon for refusing or 
on ' * delaying to bury a dead body of a Pa- 
rishioner brought to the Church-yard, it 
must be proved that convenient warning- 
was beforehand given him of the inten- 
tion to bring the Corpse : what is conve- 
nient warning must in every case depend 
on its own peculiar circumstances. Titch- 
marsh v. Chapman, 1 Roberts. 175." 

B P . Wilson's a Funerals are to be appointed at Sun- 

61st Sugges- _ , _ rr 

tion. rise and Sun-set, and the Clergyman is 

to attend at the latter time, Sun-set, if 
he receive notice of a Funeral before three 
o'clock of the same afternoon $ but if the 
notice arrives after that hour, the Inter- 
ment is to take place on the following 
Morning, Cases, however, may occur 



Vade-Mecum. Ill 



which may require a deviation from the 
general rule." 

" His Excellency the .Right Honorable Adjutant Ge- 
the Commander-in-Chief, considering it n 0# 357^ i$ 
desirable that an hour should be fixed for Feb * 1847 * 
the Interment of deceased Non-commis- 
sioned Officers and Soldiers, directs that 
such Military Funerals shall take place at 
Sun-rising in the Morning, and half an 
hour before Sun-setting in the Evening, 
as being the most convenient time for all 
Parties who have to attend." 

<c I have found it necessary to recom- Bp. Wilson's 
mend that the bodies of the Departed ^Tsi^n! 
should not be carried into Churches in p# ? 3, Calcut * 

1855. 
this torrid climate, to the danger of the 

Survivors." 



172 



General Or- 
der by the 
Commander- 
in-Chief, 31 
Jan. 1853. 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Military 
Regulations, 
Sec. xxxviii, 
Art. 56. 



" Under instructions from Government, 
the Commander-in-Chief is pleased to 
direct, that Officers Commanding Divi- 
sions and Stations will put a stop to the 
objectionable and dangerous practice, 
which it appears at present obtains in 
some Cantonments, of carrying the Bodies 
of deceased Persons into the Church pre- 
vious to Interment." 

" Military Honors are not to be ob- 
served at the Funerals of any except Mi- 
litary Persons." 



Vade-Mecum. 173 



Chapter XXVII. 

Burial Grounds. 

" The like care they [the Church-war- Canon Ixxxv - 
dens] shall take that the Church-yards be 
well and sufficiently repaired, fenced and 
maintained with Walls. Rails, or Pales, 
as have been in each place accustomed, at 
their charges unto whom by Law the 
same appertained." 

11 2. With regard to the claim of the Letter of 
Executive Officer at Mhow, the Lord of°indl, G Ui\. 
Bishop has been apprized, that the Go- Dept. to the 
^ i • o • • C • • Jate Military 

vernor-Q-eneral in Council is ot opinion, Board, No. 
that the Chaplain of the Station ought ^isf Sepf * 
to have charge of the Burial Ground as 
well as the Church, and that he should 
exercise a general control over the erec- 
tion of Monuments and Tombstones : 



174 Bengal Chaplain's 



that no Fee need be required for the erec- 
tion of a Monument over a Grave, and 
it should be distinctly understood, that it 
is not optional with the Clergyman to 
give or withhold the Key of the Burial 
Ground, which must be opened when- 
ever it is required for purposes of inter- 
ment, hj Europeans, or Christians of 
whatever Sect or Denomination. ,J 

u 3. The Lord Bishop has also been 
informed that in respect to ground that 
has been consecrated by him, or ground 
which may be set apart hereafter at a 
Station for the purpose of Burial, it is 
desirable that a sufficient portion should 
be reserved for the use of Dissenters." 
Proceedings u p ara# i% t j n reS pect to Burial 
Govt, of India, Grounds, the Governor-General in Coun- 



Vade-Mecum. 175 



cil observes, that Orders were recently Home Dept. 

. P . .-. . n •, i (Eccl.)28 Feb. 

issued ior setting aside a portion 01 land 1856. 

in the Military Burial Ground at Bho- 
waneepore, and in the New Circular Road 
Burial Ground, for the interment of per- 
sons of the Roman Catholic persuasion." 

" 14. His Lordship in Council is 
now pleased to resolve, that a separate 
portion of ground in all Military Bu- 
rial Grounds shall, in like manner, be 
set apart exclusively for Roman Catho- 
lics, with the option of consecrating it 
according to their Rites ; but no inter- 
ference is to be exercised with regard to 
Burial Grounds which have been alrea- 
dy ' specially assigned for the use of 
other Denominations of Christians, or 
which have been consecrated accord- 



176 Bengal Chaplain's 



ing to the Eites of the Church of Eng- 
land." 

Letter of Govt. it The Government would add, with 

oj India, Home ' 

Dept. (Ecd.) reference to para. 6 of your Lordship's let- 

24 March 1849, , , , , . A . . . . , . , , ,,_- . x1 

to Bp. Wilson * ;er ? **\px it is not desirable that the portion 
of ground added or reserved within the Bu- 
rial Grounds for those who are not of the 
Church of England should be fenced off, 
or that it should have a separate door. 
It does not appear to the Government 
that there should be any such separation. 
The Government, in providing ground 
for the interment of its Servants, or those 
who die under its Bule, should set apart 
a space sufficient to contain all." 

Letter of Govt. " The Lieutenant-Governor considers, 
N. w. P. No. that in all such Stations as Futtehpore, 



Vade-Mecum. 177 



where there is no resident Chaplain, the 72a,23 Jan. 

,. . . ' Ml 1856 > t0 Adn « 

Magistrate is the Officer responsible to Pratt, and 
the Government for the safe custody of Comm.by him. 
the Burial Ground." 

" The following Circular Order recent- Notification 
i -i , i ^ „ i of Gou '- °/ 

ly issued by the Government of the Bengal, 29 

North-Western Provinces and adopted Dec * 1853, 
by this Government, is published for the 
information and guidance of the Superin- 
tendents of Police and Magistrates in 
the Bengal Division of the Presidency." 
< No. 2177 of 1853. 

1 To the Commissioner of 

Bated 25th November 1853/ 
i Sir , — I am directed by the Hon'ble the 
' « 5. 1 1 has been ruled by Lieutenant Gover- 

uovernment more than 

once, that the Burial nor to forward for 

Grounds are under the 

c.ii-9 of the Chaplains, your information 



178 



Bengal Chaplain's 



The Chowkeydar9 who 
have the charge of them 
are on the Church Estab- 
lishment, and are paid by 
Government through the 
Chaplain, The Chaplain 
keeps the key^and points 
out to the proper Officer 
when the walls need re- 
pairing, and the remains 
"of decayed tombs need re- 
moving. It is his duty to 
see that the Cemetery i3 
kept in proper order ; that 
rubbish is not left by per- 
sons admitted to erect mo- 
numents ;Jthatno impro- 
per inscriptions are put 
upon the tombs ; that too 
great space is not occupi- 
ed by needlessly large mo- 
numents, lest the ground 
be speedily covered." 
" 6. To carry this out it 
is necessary that the Chap- 
lain should have some 
kind of authority within 
the Cemerery, and should 
have the power of exclud- 
ing, or procuring the ex- 
clusion of, persons who will 
not conform to such regu- 
lations as are necessary to 



the accompanying 
extract of a letter 
(paras. 5 to 8) from 
the Archdeacon of 
Calcutta, dated the 
1st Instant, relative 
to the observance of 
certain rules regar- 
ding the care and 
control of Burial 
Grounds.' 

< 2nd. His Ho- 
nor requests that 
you "will direct the 
Magistrates in your 
Division to give aid 
to the Chaplain for 
the purpose therein 



Vade-Mecum* 



179 



enable the Chaplain to do 

his duty.'' 

" 7. In the case of Mr. 

had on oae occasion some 
trouble in getting him to 
clear away the rubbish 
which his workmen had 
left behind This was the 
commencement of their 
difference ; although Mr. 
■ ■ ■ — exceeded his 

powers, his conduct here 
admits of some palliation, 
and at any rate points out 
the necessity of there be- 
ing some authority ah hand 
to restrain such as do not 
conform to rules." 
" 8. The Bishop would 
therefore recommend that 
as the Chaplain has the 
general care of the Burial 
Ground for the purposes 
specified in para. 5, he 
should in cases of emer- 
gency Report to the Senior 
Civil or Military Officer 
of the Station, as the case 
may be, the irregular con- 
duct of any undertaker 
whj persists in practices 
.which thwart the Chaplain 
in the performance of his 
duty ; and that on obtain- 



stated when satisfi- 
ed of the propriety 
of a provisional ex- 
clusion of any par- 
ticular party, who 
does not confirm to 
rules laid down by 
the Chaplains for 
the due order and 
care of the Burial 
Grounds. ' 

' 3rd. Cases of 
difference of opini- 
on between the 
Magistrate and the 
Chaplain, should 
any such occur, may 
be submitted for 
your decision j and 



180 Bengal Chaplain'' s 



wg his concurrence he the Chaplain, if dis- 

should have the power of _ A m ' 

excluding him from the Satisfied With VOUr 
Cemetery till he give sa- 
tisfactory guarantee that opinion, can state 
for the future he will con- . , 

form." the circumstances 

for the information of the Lord Bishop 
of Calcutta, who will, should he think fit, 
bring them under the notice of Govern- 
ment.' < (Sd), W. Muie, Sec. to Govt. 

General Or- « It having been brought to the notice 
wander-in- of His Excellency the Commander-in- 
Chief, 20 Jan. Q^ e f t hat Undertakers, or other Persons 
allowed to erect Monuments in Burial 
Grounds, have on some occasions refused 
to remove rubbish left there by the work- 
men they have employed, His Excel- 
lency is pleased, with the sanction of Go- 
vernment, to direct that the Chaplain 



Vade-Mecum. 181 



of the Station or District, or the Officer en- 
trusted with the care of a Burial Ground in 
any Military Cantonment, whose duty it 
is to lay down such Rules as may be ne- 
cessary to ensure its being kept in pro- 
per order, shall have the power, with the 
concurrence of the Officer Commanding at 
the'Station, of refusing permission to erect 
any Tomb or Monument, or construct 
any Vault in the same, to any Person, 
who will not promise to conform to those 
Bules, or in the case of any one who 
has formerly failed to do so, until he shall 
give satisfactory guarantee that he will 
conform to them. 5 ' 

" 2. In the event of any difference of 
opinion between the Chaplain and the 
Officer Commanding at the Station, it 



182 Bengal Chaplain's 



will be the duty of the latter to submit 
the case for the decision of the Officer 
Commanding the Division ^ and the 
Chaplain, if still dissatisfied, can report 
the circumstance to his Ecclesiastical Su- 
perior, for the Orders of Government if 
necessary. 7 * 

Letter of Govt, " The repairs to the Cemeteries in the 
Veptf to' Chief Punjab will be made by the Department 
Commr.for the f Public Works on the requisition of the 
Nov. 1854.' Chaplains in whose immediate charge the 
Cemeteries are/* 

Letter of Govt. « The Grass growing in the Burial 

N.W.P. Genl. 

Dept. to the Grounds and Church-yards, ought certain- 

Board M 20 tar2/ ^7 not to ^ e re g ar ded as private property 

April 1854. or perquisite, but it will be most proper 

to leave the sale of it to the Reverend 

Chaplains, who have the general care of 



Vade-Mecum. 183 



the Burial Grounds, with the view to the 
proceeds being employed by them to- 
wards the conservation and orderly keep- 
ing up of the Enclosures, Walks, &c, an 
object which requires frequent slight 
outlays/' 

" The above Orders have been adopted B P . Wilson's 
by the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal, June 1*654. 
as applicable to the Lower Provinces 
also." 



Chapter XXVXXX. 

Ecclesiastical Registers. 
" Parish Registers began to be kept Philiipps's 
in the thirtieth year of Henry VIII. The Aenc?,%, 594! 
practice is said to have been adopted at Lond ' 1838, 
the instigation of Lord Cromwell, who was 
at that time Yicar General, The keep- 



184 Bengal Chaplain's 



ing of 'Parish. Registers was enforced by 
injunctions of Edivard VI, and Queen 
Elizabeth, and also by one [70th] of the 
Ecclesiastical Canons, A. D. 1603. The 
practice first received the sanction of an 
Act of Parliament, by the Statute 6 & 7 
W. III. c. 6." 

Burn's Bed. "Before the establishment of a Na- 

L a w, Philli- . , ~ _. ., . • 

Edit, tional Civil Registration, [by the Statute 



more 

\° 1 '™ P'i 71 ' of the 3 &4 Vict. c. 92.1 neither in the 

Lond. 1842. J 

Ecclesiastical nor in the Temporal Courts 
were copies of Registries of Dissenting 
Chapels, or of Records not preserved in 
legally recognized Official custody, al- 
lowed to be pleaded as evidence. 13 

Phillipps's , „ . , . 

L a w of Evi- rarisn Registers may be proved by 

pp? C °i66 0l ilo" examine(i Copies, which need not be 
stamped.'-' 



Vade-Mecum. 185 



" Parochial Registers are considered and 181 - 

° . Land. 1843. 

evidence, that the transactions required 

to be recorded in them, occurred on the 
days specified in the Register." 

tf A Minister's Entry of a Baptism, 
which took place before he became Mi- 
nister, and of which he received infor- 
mation from the Parish Clerk, is not ad- 
missible ; nor is the private Memoran- 
dum made by the Clerk who was pre- 
sent at that Baptism." 

" Parish Registers are for some pur- 
poses considered as Public Books ; and 
Persons interested have a right to inspect, 
and take Copies of such parts as relate 
to their interest." 

" Provided that it shall be lawful for 14 & 15 
the Governor- General of India in Coun- sec . xxf. P ' 



186 Bengal Chaplain's 



cil, from time to time, by Laws and Regu- 
lations to be made as aforesaid, to pro- 
Tide for the Registration of any Mar- 
riages solemnized in India by Persons in 
Holy Orders, or of any Marriages there 
solemnized under the Provisions of the 
said Act of the fifty-eighth year of King 
George the Third, Chapter eighty-four, or 
of any other Marriages there solemnized, 
of which it may appear to the said Go- 
vernor-General in Council desirable that 
evidence should be transmitted to Eng- 
and, and to provide for the care and 
custody of the Registers of such Marri- 
ages, and for the transmission of Certi- 
ficates thereof to the Secretaries of the 
Governments of the respective Presiden- 
cies, or to other Officers, and for their 
sending the same to the Secretary of 



Vade-Mecum. 187 



the East India Company, for the purpose 
of being delivered to the Registrar-Ge- 
neral of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, 
in England, and also to provide for the au- 
thentication of such Certificates." Act 
for Marriages in India, passed in 1851, 
The Forms of Registers of Baptisms, 
Marriages and Burials which are, now 
in use throughout the several Presiden- 
cies and Provinces of British India, by- 
Order of the Govern or- General of India 
in Council, will be seen in the annexed 
page. 

" Every Government Church or Station tical Registrar 
will continue, as at present to be sup- Abb ? u ' s |ug- 

r ; " gestions. Sept. 

plied, on application, through the Officia- 1854. 
ting Minister or Chaplain, with three 
separate Books as above, of proper size, 
namely, one for the Registry of Bap- 



188 Bengal Chaplain's 



tisms, one for the Registry of Marriages/ 
and one for the Registry of Burials." 

u Each of these Books to be carefully 
lithographed or printed, and each page 
to be headed and ruled in divisions or 
compartments, in conformity with the 
Forms prescribed and set forth." 

" That, with reference to these Books, 
every Minister, when requested to perform 
any of the Ministrations to be thus en- 
tered, do, before the Ceremony, require 
the Parties interested, either to state to 
him personally, or to deliver to him or 
the Clerk, a Memorandum containing the 
full particulars necessary, to enable him 
as the Minister, to prepare the proper 
Register." 



Register Book of Baptisms. 

Baptisms at 









Said to be Born. 


Child's 

Christian 

Name. 


Sex. 


Parents' Names. 


Abode. 




Signatun ly 




Christian. Surname. 


Profession. |«*«» "^ 


Year. 


Month. 


Day. 


Year. 


Month. 


Day. 

Day. 

















Year. 


Month. 


Day. 


Year. 


Month. 









Register Book of Marriages. 

Marr wyes at 





Names of Parents. 




| 


If 
a. 


|sS 


m 


*4 


St.; 


s z:x^ : :r P z 


l%% 




Christian, j Surname. 


1 <3 


■%s/i, 


Year. 


Month. 


Day. 






















Year. 


Month. 


Day. 


j 

1 





















Register Book of Burials. 

Burials at 



When Died. 


Christian. 


Surname. 


Age. 


Quality, Tr»de or Profession, 
ic. tec. jre. 


When Buried. \Callse of Death 
\ 


Signature by 
whom Buried. 


Year. 


Month. 


Day. 










Year. 


Month. 


Day. j 

1 




Year. 


Month. 


Day. 










Year. 


Month. 


Day. 





These, Registers are not intended for Native Christians or Converts. 



Vade-Mecum. 189 



e< The Entry in each compartment to 
be independent and complete in itself, 
by the insertion of the Year, Month, and 
Day. The Names in full, and Descrip- 
tion of Parties, as set forth, and to be 
signed in the last column by the Offici- 
ating Minister/' 

(i The Register Books to be in the 
custody and keeping of the Minister of 
the Church or Station, or in case of avoi- 
dance or absence, to be made over or 
placed in mean while with the Magistrate 
or other Chief Authority of the Station." 

(< As each Book is filled, the same (ex- 
cept at the Presidency Churches,) to be 
forwarded to the Registrar, to be deposited 
in the Bishop's Registry at Calcutta, for 
general reference." 



190 Bengal Chaplain's* 



u That, with the view of avoiding any 
omission or mistake, and of rendering the* 
proper Entries in these Books as correct 
as possible, as to Dates and Names or 
otherwise, the Parties interested therein 
be required by the Minister to inspect and 
examine at the time or after the Ceremony 
such Entry, and any error pointed out in 
the spelling of the Proper Names or other- 
wise, be corrected by the Minister imme- 
diately, and in the presence of such 
Parties." 

" That, should the Parties concerned in 
any Entry, not avail themselves of such 
requisition, and should fail to examine 
carefully such Entry, or to point out any 
error at the time aforesaid, they, or others 
in their behalf, be allowed to inspect the 



Vade-Mecwm. 191 



[Registers during the existing and follow- 
ing Quarter without Fee." 

" That, upon such after-examination, 
should any error be detected, the same be 
pointed out to the Minister, who, if satis- 
fied as to such mistake, shall then, in the 
presence of at least one of the principal 
Parties or at the request in writing of such 
Party, correct such mistake, signing his 
own initials as Minister against the same, 
in the Margin of the Register." 

ee That, should the Returns have been 
already forwarded for the particular 
Quarter, containing such error, the Minis- 
ter shall, with his next immediate Quar- 
terly Returns and not afterwards, for- 
ward an amended Return of such cor- 
rected Entry, to be transmitted to Go- 



192 Bengal Chaplain's 



vernment with, the then General Returns. 
Such amended Return to be final. After 
which period, namely, the Quarter next 
followiug that within which the mistake 
occurred, no correction or alteration 
whatever shall be permitted to take 
place. ; ' 

a That, a Notice be placed up in some 
conspicuous part of every Church of this 
Rule, and of the Period thus allowed the 
Parties to examine the correctness of any 
Entry, in which they are concerned ; and. 
the Clergy are also required to bring 
the Rule in question prominently to the 
attention of the Parties interested, pre- 
vious to, or immediately after, the per- 
formance of the Ceremony/' 

ie In the case of a Burial beyond the 
immediate Station of the Minister, or at 



Vade-Mecum. 193 



a distant place, considered as attached 
to the Local Charge, or as nearest to the 
Chaplaincy, when the Service is read by 
a Layman or other proper Functionary 
on the spot, or is performed by any other 
authorized Minister than the Minister of 
the Station, the Return of such Burial in 
the Form prescribed, is to be signed or 
attested by the Signature of the Person 
so Officiating, and to be forthwith trans- 
mitted to the Chaplain -nearest, for the 
purpose of being copied and entered by 
him, in the Burial Register of the Sta- 
tion ; such Return to be entered as ah 
Extra Return, and to be so entered with 
any others received during the existing 
Quarter and immediately after the last 
Entry of the Quarter : which extra Entries 
to be attested as follows :— f The fore- 

y 



194 Bengal Chaplain's 



going Extra Returns have been officially 
received and registered by me as the 
Minister, during the above Quarter/ 

< Signed A. B., Minister of />* 

11 The foregoing Mode of registering a 
Burial beyond the Station, is to supply, 
in the only way possible, the Defects 
arising from the still anomalous state of 
this Diocese. " 

" The Quarterly Returns'* 

u The Quarterly attested Copies of the 
Registers, as transmitted to the Episco- 
pal Registrar, being in the nature of Du- 
plicate Registers, are to be continued 
to be made as now Quarterly, namely, 
from the 1st of January to the end of 
March, from the 1st of April to the end 
of June, from the 1st of July to the 



Vade-Mecum. 195 



end of September, and from the 1st day of 
October to the end of December. These 
Keturns to be attested in the following 
Form and signed by the Minister;" 

u 1 1 hereby certify, that the foregoing 
Returns of Marriages 3 Baptisms, or Buri- 
als [as the ease may be] are true Copies of 
the Entries in the Register of [Marriages, 
Baptisms, or Burials, as may be] belong- 
ing to and kept at the Church or Station 

of in the Archdeaconry of Calcutta, 

as therein entered, (from the first day of 

to the day 

of ) being the First (or any 

other Quarter as may be) in the Year 
of our Lord 18 . * 

' Witness my hand this day of 

18- — . A. B.' 



i Minister and Chaplain.' 1} 



196 Bengal Chaplain 1 



" These Returns to be made out sepa- 
rately as to Marriages, Baptisms & Burials, 
and verified and attested respectively." 

" In case of no Ministrations being 
performed during the Quarter, such fact 
to be always certified by the Minister to 
the Registrar." 

<l With the view to facilitate these 
Returns and their general correctness, a 
sufficient number of Printed Sheets will be 
supplied periodically by the Government 
to each Minister, commencing from 1855." 

is The Ministers requiring such Forms to 
apply by letter to the Registrar. Such 
application to be made once only in every 
year, unless upon any unexpected emer- 
gency, to be satisfactorily explained. The 
application to set forth the probable num.- 



Vade-Mecum. 197 



ber of Sheets or Forms required for the 
year, or any further period." 

et All such Returns, when completed, to 
be transmitted to the Registrar, on Service, 
within a month from the expiration of 
every Quarter." 

a The Minister to preserve and keep the 
Forms thus to be supplied, in the Chest, 
with the Register Books, who will be care- 
ful in filling them up in a plain legible 
hand." 

et Any Erasures or material Alterations 
in these Copies, to have the Initials of the 
Minister prefixed in the Margin, as having 
been made by him/' 

li In addition, the following directions of 
Archdeacon Dealtry, published in the 
Gazette in March 1843, on the subject of 



198 Bengal Chaplain's 



the Returns, are given for continued ob- 



" f Ecclesiastical. — Viewing the im- 
portance to the Public of the regularity 
and completeness of the Official Returns of 
the Clergy, it is, with the approbation of 
Government, in future directed by the 
Archdeacon/ 

c That any Chaplain or Minister, apply- 
ing for any permanent Leave of Absence 
from his Station, or to retire on Furlough, 
shall forward with his application a De- 
claration, that he has duly made his Of- 
ficial Returns to the Registrar, or is pre- 
pared to do so, to the Date up to which he 
requests to be permitted so to be absent or 
to retire/ 



Vade-Mecum. 199 



* That the same Rule is to apply to 
those removed from one Station to another, 
and that every Chaplain so removed shall, 
before quitting his Station, not only for- 
ward his Returns up to the Date of leaving, 
but forward a Declaration to the Authori- 
ties that he has done so/ 

* That in case of the death of a Chaplain 
at his Station, especially so if at a remote 
distance, a Copy of the Returns from the 
date of his last Quarterly Returns to the 
period of his Demise be made out by the 
Clerk, or other Local Public Authority, in 
whose Official possession the Original Pub- 
lic Registers may happen for the time to be 
lodged or come, and be immediately for- 
warded by such Local Officer to the Regis- 
trar, the same being also duly examined 



200 Bengal Chaplain's 



and verified under the Signature of the 
Chief Lay Public Authority of the Station 
as being the best mode at present of sup- 
plying such, so as to complete the General 
Quarterly Returns, transmitted home by 
the Orders of the Court of Directors. — 
Government Gazette, 3\st March 1843/ " 
Mr. Commis- (t The foregoing Suggestions as to the 
Circular, 18 Registers and Returns having been ap- 
Sept. 1854. proved both by the Supreme Govern- 
ment and the Bishop, the Commissary is 
desired to add, that any unauthorized de- 
viation of them, or any repetition of irregu- 
larity, is to be submitted by the Registrar 
to the Bishop, and that his Lordship will, 
considering the important interests invol- 
ved, proceed to pass such Admonition or 
Sentence, or take such other Steps, as the 
case may seem to call for and justify." 



Vade-Mecum. 201 



" On the arrival of every Clergyman g Bp- WUsorts 
at his Station, he will be so good as to tion. 
ascertain up to what period the Returns 
of the Registers have been made, and if 
any broken period remains of the last 
Quarter, to immediately make the Re- 
turn to the Ecclesiastical Registrar ac- 
cordingly/' 

» A Register is to be kept in every ^Q™*** 
Regiment and Battalion in which the and Orders, 
Marriage of every Non-commissioned 3i6. 31 ii. 
Officer and Private, and the Baptism and 1844, 
Age of every legitimate Child born of 
Parents belonging to such Regiment or 
Battalion are to be recorded, and each 
Registry is to be certified by the Signa- 
ture of the Adjutant.-" 

" Should the Marriage have taken place 
in some Parochial Church, or byaCler- 



202 Bengal Chaplain's 



gyman not usually officiating to the 
Troops, the Soldier is to apply at the 
time for a Certificate of his Marriage, 
and it is to be recorded in the same way 
as before ordered, when Marriages take 
place in Great Britain." 

(i In Great Britain a Soldier's Marri- 
age is not likely at any time to be so- 
lemnized by a Chaplain to the Forces ; 
the Soldier therefore is to be specially 
ordered to ask, at the time of Marriage, 
for a Certificate from the Officiating 
Clergyman, which he is to bring to his 
Adjutant, to be inserted in the Regimen- 
tal Register, according to the Form pre- 
scribed in this Order, and the Adjutant 
is to sign his name to every such Regis- 
try, as giving the contents of the Certi- 
ficate produced. " 



Vade-Mecum. 203 



(( His Excellency the Commander-in- General Order 
Chief is pleased to direct, in view to the mander-in- 
fulfilment of His Royal Highness's Com- gf*_ to H - 

■i i • /? n -"■ * Troo P s » 

mands, as contained in G. O., dated, 3 May 1825. 
Horse Guards, 24th May 1824, that the 
Marriage and Baptismal Certificates called 
for from H. M.'s Corps abroad, be regu- 
larly prepared, in conformity with the 
Regulations on this head, from the Regi- 
mental Book of Registers, to be forward- 
ed half-yearly, viz. 1st January and 1st 
July, by Officers Commanding Regiments, 
there being no Chaplain belonging to H. 
M.'s Army in India, to the Adjutant 
General H. M.'s Forces, from whose 
Office the same will be transmitted to the 
Chaplain General in England." 

"All Marriage Certificates of Euro- Bp. Wilson's 
peans, being Soldiers, or Persons employ- 87th and 53rd 



204 Bengal Chaplain's 



Suggestions. e d in the Military Department under the 
rank of Commissioned Officers, shall 
specify distinctly the Birth of the Female 
whether European, Indo-British, or Na- 
tive." 

cc The publication of Banns is to be 
regularly entered in a Register, kept for 
that purpose, in the following Form : i The 
Banns of Marriage between A. and B. 
were published for the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd 
time in this Church, (or at this Station,) 

on Sunday the -day of in the 

year of our Lord.' " 



Vade-Mecum. 205 



Chapter XXIX. 

Station Record- Book. 
« A Becord-Book is to be kept by the »£• Wilson's 

^, , . . , o. • r •* 18th > 19th » 

Chaplain in each fetation for entering 2 1st, 4- 22nd 
Ecclesiastical Notices, Proceedings and ^J"?* 1 ?" 

* ° and trie Post- 

Correspondence \ and also for record- scriptum 
ing the Spiritual Duties performed on 
Sundays and other Days of solemn Ob- 



" The Duties recorded will include those 
of Morning and Evening Service on Sun- 
days and other times, in his Station and 
Out-Stations ; the average number of Con- 
gregation ; the number of Communicants ; 
and also the visits to Schools and Hospi- 
tals, and Prisons, if there be any." 

" The Chaplain will enter in the Re- 
cord-Book, the date of the building, en- 



206 Bengal Chaplain's 



closing, and consecration of the Church 
and Cemetery, and also a List of the 
Church-Plate, Church-Books and Vest- 
ments, &c, which belong to the Station." 

a An Abstract of the Entries in the two 
Departments of Correspondence and Re- 
gister of Spiritual Duties is to be sent 
Quarterly to the Bishop's Chaplain under 
cover to the Bishop." 

" Each Chaplain will mention in his 
Extracts from his Eecord-Book the Day, 
in each Quarter of the Year, on which he 
despatched the Copy of the Registers to 
the Registrar." 



Vade-Mecum. 207 



Chapter XXX. 

Official Correspondence, 
ct Resolved, that all Official Correspon- Government 

, . : V • Gazette, 14 

dence relating to the duties or concerns Dec.1815. 
of the Clergy, be in future carried on 
with the Lord Bishop, or, in his absence, 
with the Archdeacons of the respective 
Presidencies, and that all such Correspon- 
dence be in future recorded separately in 
the Public Department, under the head 
of ' Ecclesiastical Proceedings.' ; ' Pro- 
ceedings of the Governor-General in Coun- 
cil in the Public Department, 1st Nov. 
1815. 

" To enable the Archdeacon to fulfil Bp. Tamer's 
the charge entrusted to him, I have to supllme°Govt. 
request, on his behalf, that he may have 22 JaQ « 183 °* 
the privilege of corresponding directly 



208 Bengal Chaplain's 



with, the Ecclesiastical Department of 
the Government, and 5 further, that he may 
be allowed to receive and send Letters free 
of postage to Chaplains within the 
Archdeaconry." 

Reply of ihe u 2nd. It will afford his Lordship in 
dated"? Feb! Council much satisfaction to receive 
1830, to Bp. direct Communications through this ["the 

Turner's Let- .. *, * , 

ter of 22 Jan. Ecclesiastical J Department irom the Arch- 
1830, deacon as suggested by you, and the 

Post Master General will be instructed 
to pass free of postage all Letters franked 
by him to Chaplains within the Archdea- 
conry, or to his address coming from those 
Officers." 






Circular of " * n ~ matters required to be laid 

Mr. Eccicsias- before the Government, or relating to 

their Stations, the Clergy are requested 



Vade-Mecum. 209 



to correspond with the Archdeacon, who Abbott, 19 

r _ . Feb. 1830. 

is his Lordship's Commissary, but in 
•reference to all matters of a spiritual 
nature, connected with the performance 
of their Official or Ministerial Duties re- 
quiring his Lordship's advice or direction 
they will communicate direct with him- 
self." 

" The attention of the Reverend Chap- Order of the 

.... _ . . _,. ' . . ' f Govt. N.W.P* 

lains and Assistant Chaplains in the Ecci. Dept. 25 

North- Western Provinces, is requested June 1846, 
to the existing Rules, which require that 
all Correspondence between them and the 
Government shall take place through the 
Channel of the Bishop or the Archdeacon. 
No Application can be attended to, which 
is transmitted to Government direct, ex- 
cept under very special circumstances." 

2a 



210 Bengal Chaplain'' s 



Chapter XXXI. 

Memorials to the Honorable the Court 
of Directors. 

Order of Govt. « The Governments in this country 
2> March . „ _ _ . J 

1789. are the regular Channels for the transmis- 

sion to the Court of Directors of Statements 
of any real Hardships, which Officers may 
suffer, and his Lordship is confident, that 
they will always be received with great 
attention, and that every proper exertion 
will be made to afford Redress by the Ho- 
norable Court." 
Court of Di- si Para. 1. Several instances have re- 
r pub°i rS> De SP t' cen % occurred, in which we have been sub- 
18 June 1834, jected to very heavy charges for the Post- 
age of Letters and Memorials addressed to 
the Chairman and Deputy Chairman and 
individual Members of the Court by our 
Servants in India and Others." 



Vade-Mecum. 211 



i{ 2. Having constituted our Local Go- 
vernments the only legitimate Medium 
of Communication between our Servants 
abroad and the Home Authorities, and 
considering it indispensable to adhere to 
this wholesome Regulation, which, whilst 
it secures our Officers against any pre- 
judicial delay in the transmission of their 
Memorials, enables our Governments, at 
the same time, to furnish us with full 
information, together with their Remarks 
and Opinion in each case. We desire 
it to be notified to the Service at large, 
that any Departure from the Rule will 
meet with our Disapprobation, and that 
in every instance which may occur after 
this Notice, we shall call on the res- 
pective parties for Reimbursement of the 
Expense, to which we shall have been 



212 Bengal Chaplain's 



thus unauthorizedly and uselessly sub- 
jected." 
court of u A11 Members of the Public Service 

Bin dors' 

Desp. Judi. have full liberty to address the Honor- 
1845.' N °' 9 ° f able Court on the subject of their per- 
sonal Grievances, and to annex to their 
Memorials any Official Documents, which 
they may consider necessary for their pur- 
pose. But the Printing or Circulation of 
such Memorials or Documents is strictly 
prohibited." 

Chapter XXXIX. 

Post Office Bides applicable to Chap- 
lains in their Official Capacity. 
Post Office u Letters and Packets on the Public 
xvn N o ; 1854. Service, certified to be such by the 
' Signature of any Public Officer, au- 
thorized in that behalf by the Gover- 



Vade-Mecum. 213 



General of India in Council, shall be for- 
warded by the Post as if they were duly 
Stamped.-" Sec. xlvi. 

le Every Person who shall, for the pur- 
pose of defrauding the Post Office Revenue, 
wilfully certify by writing, on any Offici- 
al or other Letter or Packet, delivered at 
any Post Office for conveyance by Post, 
that which is not true in respect of such 
Letter or Packet, or in respect of the 
whole of its contents, shall, for every such 
Offence, forfeit a sum not exceeding Five 
Hundred Rupees/' Sec. xlvii. 

Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains at Vide List 
Out-Stations are authorized to send Let- /' l 1 ' ■"* 
ters and Returns, htmdfide and exclusive-' the Post office 
ly on the Public Service, relating to the 18 5 4> ' 
business of their Department, without ac- 
tual Payment of Postage, to the Bishop, 



214 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Archdeacon or Registrar ; and the Do- 
mestic Chaplain to the Bishop, to the 
Bishop. 

The following is the Form Address of 
a Letter to the Archdeacon of Calcutta. 



On the Pullic 


Service only. 


The Venerable 




The Archdeacon 


of Calcutta, 




Calcutta. 


H. S. Fisher f 




Chaplain of Darjeeling. 





Letter of " The flon'ble the President in Coun- 

Govt. oj 'India, c [\ cann ot see sufficient reason for allow- 
Home Dept. to 

Mr. Commie- ing Chaplains to send their Letters 
.aryK.Aer.25. tQ the Civil Auditors of Bengal and the 



Vade-Mecum. 215 



North- Western Provinces free of charge, May 1855. 

. . _ J J U Coram, by 

m the same manner as they are now per- Ada. Pratt. 
mitted to send their Letters, bond fide 
on the Public Service, to the Archdeacon 
and to the Registrar of the Diocese." 

"Officers and other Public Servants Govt, of In- 

-,. T . ( ,, -, . . did, Home 

proceeding on Leave, it they desire to re- Dept# 13 j u i y 
port their Departure to any Officer or De- 1855 » 
partment (except a Secretary to Govern- 
ment) and have occasion to send such Ee- 
ports through the Post Office, shall either 
prepay the Postage due thereon, or send 
them to an Agent by whom they can be 
delivered free of charge to the Office to 
which they are addressed. 

" No Public Officer is authorized to 
send Covers on the Public Service by Post 
without payment of Postage, unless he is 



216 Bengal Chaplain's 



at tlie time on active duty, and in charge 
of the Office by virtue of which the Pri- 
vilege is enjoyed. All Letters super- 
scribed c On the Public Service only' 
must, even though the Postage thereon 
be not paid, be received and opened by the 
Officer to whom they are addressed ; but 
if such unpaid or partially paid Letter so 
superscribed, and addressed to any Offi- 
cer, except a Secretary to Government, 
be found, when opened, to be a Keport of 
Departure, or otherwise to relate to the 
private affairs of the Sender, the Postage 
will be debited to him, and he will be 
further liable to be dealt with under Sec- 
tion 47, Act No. XYII of 1854." 



Vade-Mecum. 217 



Chapter SJEXKXX. 

Ecclesiastical Censures. 

Persons in Holy Orders are, e( by Ec- Ep ^Law 
clesiastical Law, liable to be punished and 267. Lond. 
corrected for loose, immoral, and profane 
Conduct ; for irreligious Language ; for ir- 
regularity in the discharge of Duty ; and 
preaching and maintaining Doctrines con- 
trary to the Articles of the Creed which 
they profess. For such things they may 
be called to account by their Ecclesiasti- 
cal Superior, by whom, they may, if the 
Charges are proved against them, be pu- 
nished by Admonition, Suspension, Degra- 
dation or Deprivation, as the case may re- 
quire." 

Admonition is ({ the first Step of Eccle- Hook's _ 
siastical Censure. This part of the Epis- tionary. p. 10. 
copal Discipline always precedes Excom- Lond ' 1852, 

2 b 



218 Bengal Chaplain* s 



winch, however, must neces- 
sarily follow, if the Offender continue 
eontumaeious, and hardened in his Error 
or Crime." 

Gibson s h Prgesenti decreto statuimus, trt neer 

Uodex, p. 

1046. Oxf. Prselati (nisi canonica Comnionitione prse- 

Tk 7 C 1 

missa) Suspensionis vel Excommunicatio- 
nis Sententiam proferant in Subjectos, nisi 
forte talis sit culpa, qua? ipso suo genere 
Buspensionis, vel Excommunication is 
poenam inducat. Extra. I. 2. t. 28. c. 26." 
Bogeys Eccl. 6( There are some Offences for which 
Lond. 1849, Suspension is the proper and specific Pu- 
nishment, as for refusing to Bury after due 
Notice." 

(( So for Marrying without Banns or 
License, or at unseasonable hours, a Cler- 
gyman is to be Suspended for three years.'* 



Vade-Mecum. 219 



i( In Archbishop ArundeVs Register, Gibson'* 
mention is made of an Appeal from a Sen- io46.' Oaf. 
tence of Suspension, as unjust, for Want of 
a Canonical Monitio. r} 

" With regard to the question of sum- x , Le , tfer °f M ** 

° # * _ Ecclesiastical 

warily revoking a License, this is laid Registrar Ah- 
down in this Edition of Burn, 2. page 74, wuson, 27 
and the 1st & 2nd Vict. ap. 106, sec. Jf«y 184 L 3 - 

-*■ ' Comm, by 

98 confirms, and lays down the Manner ; Ada, Pratt. 
namely, that the Bishop, after giving suffi- 
cient Opportunity to the Party of showing 
Reason or Gause to the contrary, may with- 
out further Process revoke summarily any 
License. Burn, vol. iii. p. 507." 

" By parity of reasoning, I should say 
the same Practice may here be followed, 
particularly as an Appeal lies from the 
Bishop's Decision to the Archbishop," 



220 Bengal Ghaplain\ 



6i It appears, however, a very powerful 
and strong measure, and, I should think* 
would be dangerous to exercise, where 
Correction was the object, without the 
best legal advice." 

e: I think an Admonition should always 
be first given. This not attended to, another, 
and then a Notice, that unless the Party 
alters or does that which is proper or re- 
quired, the License would be suspended 
or revoked, unless good cause be shown 
by the Party." 

a But for the Bishop at once to revoke 
without these Preliminary Steps, I should 
think would be very hazardous and most 
arbitrary." 

Burn's Eccl, a Degradation is an Ecclesiastical Cen- 
Law, vol, n. p. gure ^ w hereby a Clergyman is deprived 



Vade-Mecum. 221 



of his Holy Orders which formerly he 139, PMM- 

, j £•!->-.. t-\ 53 mores Edit. 

nacl, as ot irn.es t or Deacon. Lond. 1842. 

" Deprivation is an Ecclesiastical Cen- Ibid. vol. ii. 
sure, whereby a Clergyman is deprived p ' 
of his Parsonage, Vicarage, or other Spiri- 
tual Promotion or Dignity." 

The following are the Crimes to which Gibson's Co. 
Deprivationhziongshy Common Law ; such Jf y^I? 68 ' 
especially, as have been allowed and con- 
firmed by the Temporal Courts." 

" I. Want of Orders. 2. Want of 
Abilities. 3. Want of Age. 4. Simony. 
5. Infidelity and Miscreancy. 6. In- 
continence. 7. Drunkenness. 8. Mur- 
der and Manslaughter, 9, Perjury. 10, 
Dilapidation" 



222 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter SKXXV. 

Tribunals to which Chaplains are amen- 
able. 

Court ofBi. " Para. 3. When our Ecclesiastical 
Mil. Dapt. 23 Establishment was placed on the footing 
May 1827. on which it now stands, it became a ne- 
cessary part of the arrangement, that the 
Indian Clergy should be submitted to the 
General Superintendence of the Bishop, 
and rendered subject to the Ecclesiastical 
Jurisdiction for all Offences of Ecclesiasti- 
cal Cognizance ; but it was never intended 
to except this Portion of our Servants from 
the Jurisdiction of the Temporal Courts in 
the event of their being charged with any 
Offences of a Civil nature or any Crimes 
against the Peace and Well-being of Socie- 
ty." 



Vade-Mecum. 22S 



" 4. We wish it therefore to be dis- 
tinctly understood, that the Chaplains on 
our Establishment are; amenable to the 
Ecclesiastical Tribunals for such Offences 
only as would render the Clergy of the Es- 
tablished Church amenable to the Ecclesi- 
astical Tribunals JnEngland ; and that for 
jdl other Offences, they are liable to be 
tried, as all other Europeans in India are, 
by the Ordinary Tribunals of the Coun- 
try." 

iC 5. If, however, the Offences should 
be committed out of the Jurisdiction of the 
Ordinary Courts and in places where the 
rest of the Community are subject to Mi- 
litary Law ; in such a case, and such a case 
alone, we deem it right, that our Chaplains 
should be subject also to Military Law, 
for all Offences of Temporal Cognizance." 



§24 Bengal Chaplain's 



Commander. « Persons not amenable to the Articles 

in- Chiefs .„. . »«-.i- 

Geni. Orders, oi War, although residing withm a Mill- 

L^fi J 848 * ar ^ Cantonment, are not subject to the Ju- 

1850, risdiction of Courts of Requests under the 

Provisions of Section 66 of Act 12 & 13 



Victoria, c. 43." 



Chapter X^&V. 

Personal Exemptions and Privileges of 
Chaplains. 

Rogers's Eccl. " De 99 e sa 7 s > ' The Laws of this [Eng- 
Law, p. 267. < lisK] Realm have allowed the Clergy in 

Lond. 1849. , „ , ' ^ . ., * J n 

6 Holy Orders many great Privileges : first, 

f in their Persons, they are not compella- 

' ble to serve in any Temporal Office, as 

Sheriff, Constable, or Overseer of the 

6 Poor. Neither can they be pressed to 

* serve in the Wars ,* neither may they be 



Vade-Mecum. 225 



' arretted in the Church or Church-yard 
' when they are attendant on Divine Wor- 
1 ship/ This Privilege from Arrest for the 
purposes of Divine Worship extends also, 
eundo et redeundo as well as morando. 
Now made a Misdemeanor in the Party 
arresting, if he knew that the Clergyman 
was on his way to perform Divine Service. 
9 Geo. IV. c. 31, s. 23. But it does not 
apply in Criminal Cases, except during 
the continuance of Divine Service/' 

" In explanation of the Orders of the Govi - of India 
Most Noble the Governor-General in i8°Jan. 1856. 
Council, in the Foreign Department, dat- 
ed the 25th August 1854, it is hereby 
notified, that all Medical Officers in the 
Service of Government are, as a general 
rule, entitled to remuneration for Pro- 
fessional Attendance, on the Families of 

2 c 



226 Bengal Chaplain's 



those Public Servants whom they are 
bound to attend gratuitously. An E x- 
ception is made in the case of the Fami- 
lies of Military Officers, Staff or Regi- 
mental, and of Chaplains and Assistant 
Chaplains ; but the Exception does not 
include the Families of Military Officers 
in Civil Employment." 

Govt, of India, " Tt is ^eby notified, for general in. 
Home Dept. formation, that from and after the 1st 

15 Oct. 1852. T . ntfn ,_ .. . „ 

January 1853, the gratuitous issue of 
Medicines, from the Hon'ble Company's 
Dispensaries, to Servants of Government 
stationed in the Presidency Towns of 
Calcutta, Madras and Bombay, will be 
discontinued. In all other places, at 
present, Medicines will continue to be 
dispensed as heretofore," 



Vade-Mecum. 227 



" The Most Noble the Governor-Ge- Govt, of in. 
neral in Council has been pleased to re- D e pt. 25 Jan. 
solve, that Chaplains and Assistant Chap- 8551 « 
lains may be examined in the Oriental 
Languages by the Test prescribed for 
Military Officers as entitling them to a 
reward of One Thousand Rupees, and un- 
der the Rules and Conditions laid down 
in the Notification of the Government of 
Bengal, dated the 9th of March 1852, 
published in the Calcutta Gazette of the 
17th idem." 

Chapter 2£XXVI. 

Restraints and Disabilities to which 
Chaplains are subject. 

a No Ecclesiastical Person shall at any Q anon \ Kxr> 
time, other than for their honest necessa- 
ries, resort to any Taverns, or Ale-houses, 



228 Bengal Chaplain's 



neither shall they board or lodge in any- 
such places. Furthermore, they shall 
not give themselves to any base or ser- 
vile labour, or to driuking or riot, spend- 
ing their time idly by day or by night 
playing at Dice, Cards, or Tables, or any 
other unlawful Games ; but at all times 
convenient they shall hear or read some- 
what of the Holy Scriptures, or shall oc- 
cupy themselves with some honest Study 
or Exercise, always doing the things that 
appertain to honesty, and endeavouring 
to profit the Church of God. 

Stephen's tl No Spiritual Person " allowed to 

Commentaries, p er f orm the duties of any Ecclesiastical 

TOI. in. p. 5. L J 

Lond. 1853. Office, shall take to farm for occupation 
by himself, any Lands exceeding eight 
acres in the whole, without permission in 



Vade-Mecum. 229 



writing from the Bishop of the Diocese • 
nor shall such Spiritual Person, by him- 
self or any other to his use, carry on any 
trade or dealing for Profit, unless it be 
carried on by more than six partners, or 
his share in it shall have devolved to him 
by Inheritance, or other such represen- 
tative title as in the Act specified ; and 
ever in these excepted cases it is illegal 
forhimtoact as Director or Managing 
Partner, or to carry on trade in Person/' 
1 &2 Vict. c. 106. ss. 28,29. 

u Sec. 30, 1 & 2 Vict. c. 106, contains an R 0gers * a Ecci. 
exception in favour of a Spiritual Person Law » P- 276 » 

i • r « , i -. Lond > 1849 ' 

engaged in keeping a School, or engaged 
in giving Instruction or Education for 
profit or reward ; or in cases of articles 
bought bond fide to be consumed in his 
family though selling what he may not 



230 Bengal Chaplain's, 



want at an advanced price • or selling or 
disposing of Books by means of a Book- 
seller or Publisher ; or being Manager, 
Director, Partner, or Shareholder, in any 
Benefit or Fire or Life Assurance Society. 
Nevertheless, that no Spiritual Person 
shall buy or sell cattle, corn or other ar- 
ticles in person, in any Market, Fair, or 
place of Public Sale/' 

supreme Govt. "His Excellency the Governor-Ge- 
Order 31 Oct. neral in Counc ii gg pleased to prohibit in 

future, all sales, purchases and transfers, 
between the Civil and Military Servants 
of Government, on the one hand, and 
Natives of the description above noticed, 
[Foreign Princes and Chiefs, or to Natives 
of Rank or Opulence under the protection of 
the British Government] on the other, of 



Vade-Mecum 231 



Grounds, Plate, Furniture, and generally, 
every description of Private Property, 
exceeding the value of Five Thousand 
(5,000) Rupees, without the sanction of 
Government being previously obtained, 
under such penalties, as the circumstances 
of each particular case of disobedience to 
these Orders may demand." 

" The Governor-General in Council 
takes, this opportunity of adverting to the 
Resolution passed in the Political De- 
partment, under date the 17th September 
1813, and published in General Orders 
of the 18th of the same month, caution- 
ing all Civil and Military Officers of 
Government against carrying on any 
Communications with Native Princes or 
Chiefs, or their Vakeels, except through 



232 Bengal Chaplain's. 



the Channel of the Political Agents of 
Government ; and of renewing the Or- 
ders for the strictest observance of this 
caution in future." 
Govt, of India u His Lordship in Council is strongly 
F^b. D \tb$ 2 * m P resS€ d w * tn a sense of the necessity 
for discouraging, as much as possible, Pe- 
cuniary Dealings of every description be- 
tween Public Officers and Natives, under 
their Authority or residing within their 
Jurisdiction, or in their Vicinity, and the 
permission of Government will never be 
given to any transaction of the kind, if it 
should appear to afford even a plausible 
ground for Suspicion of improper Motives 
on the part either of the Buyer or the 
Seller/' 
Letter of a u The Most Noble the Governor-Ge- 
Govt.of India, mA of Iudia has ordered all Chaplains in 



Vade-Mecum. 233 



the Service of to B P Wilson, 

,, rx ,. Sec. u Reg. xxxviii of 1793. 19 Nov, 1852. 

the Honorable Regulation xxi. of 1814. 

r* , Regulation vii of 1823. 

Company to be 

guided by the Principles of the Rules laid 
down for Civil Servants in the Regula- 
tions of the Bengal Presidency in the 
Margin.' ' 

By Section II of Regulation XXXVIII 
of 1793, " Covenanted Servants of the 
Company employed in the Administration 
of Justice, or the Collection of Revenue, 
are prohibited from lending money to Pro- 
prietors or Farmers of Land, dependent 
Talookdarsj Under Farmers, or Rijots, or 
their Sureties/' 

By Regulation XXI of 1814 " theZil- 
lah and City Judges, and Collectors of 
the Public Revenue are forbidden to em- 

2d 



234 Bengal Chaplain's 



ploy their Native Creditors on their res- 
pective Establishments.' ' 

Regulation VII. of 1823 " prohibits 

Loans by Covenanted Civil Servants from 

persons subject to their Official authority 

and influence.-" 

Govt, of India, a ^11 Servants of the East India Compa- 

Home Dept. < m £ 

28 May 1852. ny, whether Civil or Military^ Covenanted 
or Uncovenanted, are strictly prohibited 
from taking any part in the management 
of Banks in India, or from being connect- 
ed with Banks, or other Trading Com- 
panies, except as simple Shareholders, 
the only exception to this Rule being in 
favour of Ex- Officio Directors, or Se- 
cretaries of Government Banks at the three 
Presidencies." 

Military Regu. <i Chaplains are prohibited from enter- 

lations, Sac. . . *_ ( ■, 1.. . . . AT . 

xiv. Art. 17. mg into Religious discussions with JNative 



Vade-Mecum. 235 



Soldiers, or visiting their Lines for that 
purpose." 

" It rests with you to determine, with c ° urt ,°f Di ' 

r ' rectors' Desp. 

such local information as you may possess, to Gov. Gene- 
whether any Engagements which our Offi- \\ May°l863.' 
cers may form in connexion with the Press Comm. by 
are consistent with the Discharge ot their 
primary Duties to Government, and are 
free from the objection of affording an in- 
convenient Precedent for other cases." 



Chapter XXXVII. 

Out- Stations , and Allowances granted 
to Chaplains for visiting them, and for 
journeying to the Presidency to attend 
the Bishop's Visitations. 

11 2. You are authorized in future to Letter. No. 
pass all Bills [for Chaplain's visits to Govi.N.w.P 



236 Bengal Chaplain's 



to the Agra Out- Stations] drawn on the Lord Bi- 

Civil auditor, 

3 June 1844. shop's authority/' 
Bp. Wilson's (i The Government having authorized 

Suggestions, the payment of Travelling Expenses for 
visiting Out-Stations, the Reverend Chap- 
lains will make those visits as directed 
by the Bishop, and register the Duties 
in their Station Record Books, and in- 
clude them in their Quarterly Returns to 
the Bishop." 

(i They will also suggest such altera- 
tions in the Stations, and the number and 
length of visits to them, as may seem to 
them expedient. "Where there are two 
Chaplains, they will visit the Out- Sta- 
tions alternately." 
Supreme " When a Chaplain purposes to quit 

Govt, Ecc , ki s principal Station for the occasion of 



The Clergy of the Ecclesiastical Establishments are entitled to Travelling- 
Allowance as follows when on Visitation duty : — 

Either a mileage allowance at 3 annas per mile by railway, and 8 annas 
per mile by other means; or, at their option, an allowance at the rate of 
Rupees 200 per month during absence from the Head Quarter Station. 

The charge should be supported in the first case by certificate of the 
mode of travelling, and in the second by certificate of the date of le aving and 
returning to Head Quarter Station. 

(Signed) W. F. MARRIOTT, Lieut. Col., 

Acting Secretary to Government. 
Bombay Castle, \3t/i May 1861. 



Vade-Mecum. 237 



visiting any of his appointed smaller Sta- °ept. 17 Feb. 
tions, he must give timely notice to the 
Chief Military and Civil "Resident Au- 
thorities, in order that if there be any 
cogent reasons against the Absence of the 
Chaplain, they may be submitted to the 
Governor- General in Council." 

. The Kule of Travelling Allowance laid 
down in the following Order of the Su- 
preme Government, was re-established by 
the Resolution passed by the Government of 
India, in the Financial Department, on 
the 21st December 1855. 

" The Hon'ble the Vice-President in Supreme 

^ ., . _ Govt. Res. 

Council is pleased to resolve, in superces- Geni. Dept. 
sion of the Rule passed under date the vecfm*. 
19th July 1831, permitting Chaplains to 
draw a Travelling Allowance, accord- 



238 Bengal Chaplain's 



ing to the Rates fixed at the General 
Post Office, for visiting Out-Stations, 
that hereafter an Extra Allowance not to 
exceed 200 Rupees per mensem shall be 
paid to the District Chaplains of the 
Bengal Presidency upon periodical visita- 
tions, when these have been duly autho- 
rized, and that it shall be calculated at 
the rate of one day's allowance for every 
ten miles j allowing for a halt on the Sab- 
bath ; provided, however, the Allowance 
drawn on this account shall in no case 
exceed 200 Rupees per mensem. The 
Bills for this Allowance are to be authen- 
ticated by a Copy of the Order or Autho- 
rity under which the visit has been made, 
and by a Declaration on the part of the 
Chaplain that the Journey has been per. 
formed, without which Documents the 



Vade-Mecum. 239 



Civil Auditor is prohibited from passing 
the Charges." 

The Civil Auditor of Agra is authoriz- . Vide Dir ec- 

. tions of the 

ed to pass the Bills of the Chaplains of Govt.N.w.P. 
Delhi and Mhow for visiting their respec- ^ ivil ff ™ u u_ 
tive Out-Stations, at the rate of twelve tor * 14 J» n - 

1854 and 19 

annas per mile. July 1855. 

" The Lieutenant-Governor is of opi- „ L f te ln f 

r Govt, of Ben- 
nion, that Chaplains should be included gni to the 

in the List of the Officers, entitled to oc- cuttack m- 

cupy the Circuit Houses at the Out-Sta- vision > No ; ., 

. . . ... 1S80, 29 April 

tions, which they are required to visit, in 1856. Comm. 
the course of their Duty, when they are J rattt n ' 
not already occupied, or immediately re- 



* The Compiler has very great pleasure in gratefully 
acknowledging, that, in the preparation of this Chapter, 
and of Chapters ix, xl, xli, xlii, xliii, and xlv, he received 
considerable aid from Mr. James Eede, Assistant to the 
Civil Auditor, N. W. P. 



240 Bengal Chaplain's 



quired, by Officers of Higher Bank or 
Standing, a circumstance which the Chap- 
lain should always endeavour to ascertain 
by a reference to the Magistrate in whose 
charge the Circuit Houses are now placed. 
It will also rest with the Chaplain to 
make use of any of the Rooms for the 
performance of Divine Service, if it ap- 
pears to him desirable to do so." 
Court of « Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains 

Directors r r 

Desp. Finh when obliged to leave their Stations, under 
I7 e sept. i856'. Citations from the Bishop to attend his Vi- 
sitations at the Presidency, are clearly en- 
titled to draw a Travelling Allowance, and 
the authorized rate of 8 annas a mile 
would, probably, not cover the expenses 
on these occasions : we think, however, 
that it will be sufficient in such cases to 
fix the Allowance at Rupees 5 per Diem." 



Vade-Mecum. 241 



Chapter XXXVXII. 

Appointments to Hill Stations ; How 
obtained, and for What Periods. 
cl The Hon'ble the Deputy- Governor of Notification of 

Bengal, with the sanction of the Hon'ble Govt, of Ben- 

. ~ . ffal 9 Jan. 

the President in Council, has been pleas- 1852. 

ed to direct, that the following Rule [of 
the 1st July 1846 J under which Chap- 
lains on Leave of Absence, on Medical 
Certificate, may be nominated to the 
Charge of Sanataria, in the North- Wes- 
tern Provinces, shall be applicable in fu- 
ture to the Sanatarium of Darjeeling." 

' The duties of the other Hill Sta- 
tions will be performed by Chaplains, on 
Leave of Absence upon Medical Certifi- 
cate, who will be nominated to the 
charge on the recommendation of the 
Lord Bishop or Archdeacon. While thus 

2e 



242 Bengal Chaplairis 



doing Duty, the Chaplains will be exempt- 
ed from any reduction of Salary ; but in 
all other respects they will be considered 
as Absent on Leave. The Period during 
which they can enjoy exemption from 
loss of Salary, is consequently limited to 
two years, and any prolongation of ab- 
sence beyond that time, will subject 
them to the same disadvantages as if they 
had not been put in Charge of the Duties 
of the Station. When availing them- 
selves of the Privilege conferred by this 
Rule, they will be considered to forfeit 
their claim to return to the Station they 
formerly held, and on the expiration of 
two years' absence, will be nominated to 
any Appointment that may be then va- 
cant* 3 



Vade-Mecum. 243 



u At the instance of the Eight Rever- &<">*. N.W.P. 
end the Lord Bishop, the Hon'ble the 26 Aug. 1847. 
Lieutenant-Governor has been pleased to 
modify the Resolution published on the 
1st July 1846, wherein it was declared 
that Chaplains would be appointed to 
SubathoOj Kussowlee, and Landour, in 
the same manner as to Stations in the 
Plains." 

u The Appointment of Chaplains at the 
above Stations, as well as at Others in 
the Hills, will be held in such manner 
and for such periods as may seem fit to 
Government, upon recommendation by 
the Ecclesiastical Authorities/ 7 

ie As the intention of the Orders of Letter of 
the President in Council, communicated Govt of India, 

' Home Dept. 

to you in my Letter, No. 1009, of the No. hi, to 



244 Bengal Chaplain's 



°™%v{h en ' l2tn December last, was to put Darjeel- 
1852. Comm. ing on the same footing as tlie Sanataria 
Pratt' i n the North-Western Provinces, the 

Modification of the Rule quoted* in 
your letter, and which has now been 
brought to notice by the light Reve- 
rend the Lord Bishop of Calcutta, must, 
of course, be held to be applicable to 
Chaplains nominated to Darjeeling.^ 
Govt, of India, u The period during which a Chaplain 
Siptfao May P erforms Duty in the Hills, under the 
1856. Orders of Government, will count as 

Service [for the Retiring Pension] ; whe- 
ther he has gone to the Hills, in the 
first instance, on Leave or by Appoint- 
ment of Government." 



* The Modification was that of the Govt. N. W. P. 
in the Gen/.Dept. of the S6th Aug. 1854. 



Vade-Mecum. 245 



Chapter XXXXX. 

Straits' Chaplaincies ; their Advantages 
and Disadvantages, and by what Chap- 
lains obtainable, 
" The Honorable Court of Directors *!»• *™*»*'» 

Circular to th« 

have been pleased to order, that the two Assistant 



Chaplains of Penang and Singapore 
6hould, during their Services there, re- 
ceive Co.'s Us. 800 per month/' 

te 2. This advantage is considered 
rather nominal than real, from the dear- 
ness of provisions, and the high rate of 
wages in the Straits." 

u 3. At the same time, the Salary- 
being so considerably higher, I think it 
right to enquire of my Reverend Brethren, 
the Assistant Chaplains, whether they 
would wish me to recommend them 



Chaplain*. 



246 Bengal Chaplain's 



to Government, if a vacancy, or vacancies, 
should occur. At present there is none." 

St 4, I will beg of you, therefore, in 
case you do not wish me to recommend 
you for such Appointments, to forward 
this Letter (at the latest, a week after 
you have received it,) to the next Re- 
verend Assistant Chaplain on the List." 

" 5. If, on the other hand, you 
should wish to be so recommended, then 
I will thank you to return me this Cir- 
cular forthwith, expressing in a private 
Note such a wish." 

il 6. On your succession in turn to 
the List of Full Chaplains, you will be 
called from the Straits ; in order that 
other Assistant Chaplains may enjoy the 
same advantage. On the other hand, if 



Vade-Mecum. 247 



circumstances of health, or other cause, 
should tend to your removal from the 
Straits before you are entitled to be 
placed on the List of Full Chaplains, 
you will fall back to the 500 Co's Rs. 
a month till your turn for promotion 
comes." 

" 7. The usual Travelling Allowances 
will be granted to you in going down to 
the Straits." 

" The Governor-General in Council Letter, No. 

-, . , , , . , 1849, of the 

considers it advisable to lay it down as a Govt, of India 
Kule, that, in future, no Assistant Chap- % a f c e ui f^i 2 ° f 
lain shall be appointed either to Singa- Dec. 1856. 
pore, or to Penang, who stands higher AdoTlVatf. 
than twentieth in order in the List of 



Assistant Chaplains." 



248 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter X&. 

Privilege Leave and Leaves of Absence on 
Private Affairs and on Medical Cer- 
tificate, 
Agra Civil tC Any Chaplain leaving his Station, 
M.i!Art.?6*8. wnether with or without the Orders of 
Agra, 1853. Superior Authority, is to report the cir- 

circumstance to the Civil Auditor." 
Vide New Civil « Chaplaius and Assistant Chaplains 
Sec. xxxi. may take Privilege Leave and Leave for 

Short Periods on Private Affairs and on 
Medical Certificate in and out of India, 
on the same terms and conditions as 
Military Officers with the Modifications 
which appear in this Chapter. 
Govt, of In- « The Applications for Privilege Leave 
Dept. 30 Ma/ must, of course, be submitted, as before, 
1856, through the Bishop for the j jrder^ of 

Government." 



Vade-Mecum. 249 



" All applications for Leave of Absence Supreme Govt. 

.,, rr . c ' . . ..-. . 29 Dec. 1825. 

eitner on account ot Private Anairs, or 

of Sickness, are to be submitted [for the 

Orders of Government] through the 

channel of the Lord Bishop, or, in his 

Absence, through that of the Archdeacon 

or Episcopal Commissaries. - " 

"Chaplains shall be granted such Court, of Di- 
rectors' Desp. 
Leave [Privilege Leave and Short Leave Fini. Depf. 

on Private Affairs] on the same condi- 18 ° 5 ' 5# ' ay 
tions as Military Officers [in contradis- 
tinction from Officers holding Military 
Staff Appointments.] It is scarcely 
necessary to say, that Privilege Leave 
&c , will not be granted except by the 
Authority and at the Convenience of Go- 
vernment or of the Lord Bishop, as the 
case may be, 



2 f 



250 Bengal Chaplain's 



Court of Di- "With reference, moreover, to the 

rectors Desp. _ » ' 

Fini. Dept. 5 tf ' Privilege" Leave to Chaplains, which, 
in accordance with the Rule of the Mi- 
litary Service, may be taken for one 
month in each six months, we are willing 
to comply with the request of the Me- 
morialists, that such Leave may be allow- 
ed to accumulate up to three months as 
a maximum period, Chaplains will thus 
be enabled to take three months' Leave 
without deduction of Allowances after 
eighteen months' continuous duty, pro- 
vided the Convenience of the Public 
Service will allow of the Grant." 

Vide Reg. Service before, [8 June 1855] as well as 

dia G °5 Sept!" " affcer > the introduction of the New Civil 
1856. Absentee Rules may be reckoned as 



Vade-Mecum. 251 



qualifying for the maximum period [three 
months] of Privilege Leave. 

" There is no necessity for requiring Court °f Di ' 

. rectors' Deep. 

that the Privilege Leave of Chaplains Fini. Dept. 
and Assistant Chaplains and Military 1 1 g 36 ept * 
Officers in Civil Employ, if taken in the 
course of the months of June or De- 
cember, should be available only until 
the first of the following month, without 
Deduction of Salary ; provided the Leave 
can be granted without Inconvenience 
or Additional Expense to Government, it 
may be enjoyed once after five months 3 
continuous Service, without further li- 
mitation." 

" No. 466 of 1857.— Under the Au- Govt, of India 

Mil. Dept. 27 

thority of the Hon'ble the Court of March 1857. 
Directors, the Right Hon'ble the Go- 



252 Bengal Chaplain's 



vernor-General in Council is pleased to 
extend to Officers generally, at the three 
Presidencies, the Privilege granted to 
Officers at Mooltan and Peshawur, of be- 
ing allowed, when the Demands of the 
Service will permit, Temporary Leave, 
without pecuniary loss or loss of service, 
for sixty days consecutively, in the course 
of each Year, or of thirty days consecu- 
tively in each Half-year, as may be pre- 
ferred by them." 
Vide Res. The indulgence of Temporary Leave 

Govt* of India ^ or Short Periods, to proceed for the pur- 

i^m/, Dept. 30 pose of recreation into the Districts in 
May, 1857. r - , . , ., . . 7% . 

which they are serving, as is granted to 

the Military Officers, agreeably, to Art. 
51 of Sec. xlv of the Military Regula- 
tions, without affecting their claims to 
the more extending Leave irrespective of 



Vade-Mecum. 253 



Muster is not conceded to Chaplains and 
Assistant Chaplains. 

Return to Station is necessary on the Tltt Re /\ Np " 

J 2589, of the 

Expiration of Privilege Leave to admit of Govt, of India 
its Indulgence, and it cannot be taken in May 1856* 
addition to the time allowed for joining 
a Station. 

" The Right Hon'ble the Governor- Govt, of India 
General in Council remarks, that it has Dept. No. 9, 
been resolved by this Government, that 30 Jaa * 1857 
1 Officers intending to take Furlough, or 
to retire from the Service, will in future 
be required to continue to serve, unless 
disabled by Sickness, for a period of three 
months after return to Duty from Privi- 
lege Leave under the Civil Absen- 
tee Rules, failing which its Advan- 
tages will be forfeited ; that the pe- 
riod of Preparatory Leave prior to 



254 Bengal Chaplain s 



Furlough on Private Affairs, during 
which the Absentee shall be allowed 
a Moiety of his Allowance shall be go- 
verned by the Rules,* 

* Clause VI of _. ,. . ./ 

the Covenanted applicable, to similar 
Civil Service Ab- Leave in case of Medical 

sentee Rules. 

Certificate, extending to 
one, two, or three months, according to 
circumstances ; and that Officers stationed 

* Calcutta, Mad- afc tne Presidency Towns* 
ra 8 , Bombay, win be a n owe a Prepara- 

tory Leave for a period not exceeding one 
month. " 

a The Government of Bombay now re- 
port that, on a reference from the Arch- 
deacon at that Presidency, they have re- 
cently held that the Rules above quoted 
are to be considered applicable to Chap- 
lains and Assistant Chaplains." 



Vade-Mecum. 255 



u The Governor-General in Council is 
of opinion, that the view expressed in 
the Letter from the Government of Bom- 
bay is correct.-" 
- Whenever a Chaplain or Assistant Chap- . Sec - xlv - of 

i • i ii -ii #., . t» . .i the Mil. Regit- 

lain shall exceed the term of his .Privilege lations Vide 
Leave, it is necessary that the circumstan- Att8, 50 & 51 • 
ces of the case be fully reported, when 3 if 
the Government shall be satisfied, that 
the Absence in excess of the Original Leave 
has not been caused by Carelessness or 
wilful Negligence, nor attended by cir- 
cumstances involving Culpability, Leave 
for this period will be accorded in Orders, 
and the Officer concerned will not, un- 
der these circumstances be subjected 
to any Forfeiture of Allowance for the term 
of the Temporary Leave granted* but 
the period in excess, the Absentee will 



256 Bengal Chaplain 's 



come under the Rules regarding General 
Leave on Private Affairs : when, however, 
Grounds for such Consideration are not 
known to exist, General Leave will either 
be granted, covering the entire period of 
the Officer's Absence, such Leave involv- 
ing Forfeiture of Allowances to the extent 
prescribed by Para. 3 of the Court of 
Directors' Despatch, in the Financial De- 
partment, dated 5th September 1855 ;* or 
be refused altogether, in which latter 
case the Officer will be looked upon as 
Absent without Leave from the date of his 
quitting to that of his return to his Post. 

Note to Art. li If an Officer obtain six months' 
Leave on Private Affairs in General Or- 



* Viz. " Furlough Pay, and, in addition thereto 
half the difference between their Full Fay and their 
Furlough Pay." 



Vade-Mecum. 257 



ders, he cannot reckon any portion of it 
as Privilege Leave ; but there is no ob- 
jection to an Officer absent on Privilege 
Leave obtaining without rejoining his 
Corps or Appointment, five months' 
extension in General Orders making 
a total of six months' absence, the Period 
authorized." 

(< The Most Noble the Governor-Ge- Adjutant 
neral in Council has been pleased to Ge 1 neral 'f clx ~ 

r cular, No. 

determine, that the fact of an Officer 1842, 9 Nov. 
having recently returned to his Post from 1853> 
General Leave, whether on Medical Cer- 
tificate or Private Affairs, is not to debar 
him from the Privilege of obtaining Tem- 
poray Leave for thirty days under the Or- 
ders [20th March 185 1] above cited ; pro- 
vided the Authorities, under whose com- 
petence it may be to grant such Leave, 

2g 



258 Bengal Chaplain's 



shall, on consideration of the circum- 
stances attending the Application, and 
having regard to the Interests of the 
Service, think fit to comply therewith." 
Vide Res. of Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains 
India in the who proceed on Leave to the Presidency, 
^° me N De fq2 f° r tne purpose of undergoing examina- 
25 Jan. 1855, tion in the Oriental Languages by the Test 
of Grit. Hfin- Prescribed for Military Officers, will be 
dia, in the allowed to reckon the period of their 
430,' 10 April Absence^ to the extent of six months only 
1855, as on Duty, 

Art. 39 of the it These [New Military Furlough] 

New Mil. Fur I. _ _ _ . L «.• , • 

Rules. Rules do not in any way anect the exist- 

ing Regulations regarding the grant of 
Leave in India, or for Short Periods to 
Sea, whether on Private Affairs or Sick 
Certificate, except as to the Periods of 
such Absence being taken into calculation 



Vade-Mecum. 259 



in the time allowed to count as Service for 
Retirement on Full Pay." 

" With the sanction of the Hon'ble Govt of In- 
the Court of Directors, the Hon'ble the ^SS 
President in Council is pleased to direct, Nov « 1855 * 
that the period of Absence from India of 
Officers of the BengalEstablishment whose 
Corps are stationed above Allahabad, 
when proceeding on Leave to Sea, Austra- 
lia, &c, from Ports in the Bombay Pre- 
sidency, shall be calculated from date of 
embarkation to date of reporting their 
r eturn at Bombay or other Port, instead 
of, as heretofore, from date of quitting to 
date of return to the limits of their own 
Presidency" 

<l All Officers quitting India on leave Mil. Regu- 
to Sea or the Colonies, on Medical Cer- j^™'^i. 
tificate, who proceed to Europe without 



260 Bengal Chaplain's 



having returned to India, shall be consi- 
dered as on Furlough from the dates on 
which they left India. 3 '' 
Mil. Regu. « Application for Leave on account of 

lattons, Sec. T ,. . . _ , _ _ 

xlr. Art. 7. indisposition, whether of the Party ap- 
plying or of his Family, are to be support- 
ed by Certificates and brief Statements 
of Cases, under the Signature of Medical 
Officers.'' 
Art. 45. a Officers visiting Hill Stations are pro- 

hibited from crossing the British Frontier 
without a Pass -port from Political Autho- 
rities. " 
Ar. 47. C{ No Officer is allowed to visit the Pro- 

vince of Cashmere, or any part of the Do- 
minions of Maharajah Goolab Sing, with- 
out the sanction of the Government of 
India, communicated through the Chief 
Commissioner for the Punjab ." 



Vade-Mecum. 261 



Chapter XLI, 

Furlough Rules. 
The grant of Furlough to Chaplains Vide Res. of 
and Assistant Chaplains is regulated by Home Vev™* 
the Government of India in the Home 27 July 1855. 
Department. 

Every Application for Furlough is to be 
made through the Government at whose 
disposal the services of the Applicant 
are placed. 

Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains are 
to report their Departure to, and Arrival 
from, Europe to the Secretary to the Go- 
vernment of India in the Home Depart- 
ment. 

" Having considered the position of the Court of Di- 

Members of our Ecclesiastical Establish- *£*? *' De8p * 

tUccl. Dept. 

ments in connexion with the Rules which 



262 Bengal Chaplain } s 



^°, 2 » 14June we have lately laid down for the grant 
of Furlough and Leave of Absence to 
our Civil and Military [Servants], we 
have determined that Chaplains and As- 
sistant Chaplains shall be entitled to take 
Furlough on Private Affairs and on Me- 
dical Certificate on the same terms and 
conditions as Military Officers, with the 
following Modifications : — " 

" 1st. Chaplains being allowed to retire 
after twenty years' service, the period 
of Furlough (Private Affairs) must in 
their case, be limited to the present term 
of three years. The Furlough may, how- 
ever, either be taken in one period , or 
be divided into two periods whether of 
eighteen months each, or of two years and 
one year respectively, ftnlL , if divided ., 
the_fi rst Furlough may be takenj as a| 



<att^ 



9 



Vade-Mecum. 263 



present, after seven years 7 residence,* 
and the second Furlough after a further 
residence of ten years in India. As res- 
pects Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains 
appointed before the 11th January 1854, 
when the period of service was only 
eighteen years, their second Furlough, if 
they should exercise the option of tak- 
ing Furlough in two periods, will be 
available after a second residence in In- 
dia for the term of eight years." 

" With reference to Instructions from Govt.N.W.F. 
the Government of India, it is notified Jq^ ^5^ 
for the information of Parties applying 
for Furlough, that such Applications can- 

* All Leaves of Absence in India are allowed to 
count in the seven years' residence for Furlough, though 
not for Retiring Pension, for which only a portion of a 
Uhapiain/§_Jo tal Lea yejin and out of In dia can be 10 
reckoned. 






264 Bengal Chaplain's 



#^rf2&?ri^&^ 4&*\ not be granted until the prescribed Certi- 
£^/^^4^^ W p*-/a/&- ficates of no Demand from the Offices of 
Audit and Account are furnished.'* 
New Mil. « All grants of Furloudi on Private 

Furl. Rules & & . . 

Art. 8, 11, 12, Affairs are subject to the exigencies of 
23 & 26. the p ublic s erv i ce .» 

s? l, " Leave of Absence on Sick Certificate 

-f^Ct. ^5*^- ^^/^ will be granted for a term not exceeding 
t^Sc<r7is j*f / eighteen months, whether it be to any- 

place in Europe or elsewhere out of In- 
dia." 

" Extensions of such Leave may be 
granted as at present, on production of 
Medical Certificates, for further periods 
not exceeding eighteen months in the 
whole. 

a The period of Furlough on Private 
Affairs, or Leave of Absence on Sick Cer- 



Vade-Mecum. 265 



jificate, is to be calculated from the Date 
of the Departure from India of the Ship 
jojwjiich the Office r proceecb ." 

te The Certificates issued to Officers, 
who are granted Furloughs on Private 
Affairs, or Leave of Absence on Sick 
^Certificate^ are to specify the time each 
Officer has been absent on Leave within 
Indian Limits, as well as the time of his 



^previous Absence in Europe ; but will not 
include the periods allowed for proceed- 
ing to the Presidency or Port of Embar- 
kation, and to enable Officers to rejoin 
their Regiments or Stations after their 
return to India, nor the Leave of one 
month's Absence in six months as autho- 
rized by the Regulations." 

u The Most Noble the Governor-Ge- 0r ^ r of 
neral is pleased to direct, that in future For! Dept.No. 

2h 



266 Bengal Chaplain's 



ifl^ 24 Sept * a ^ Officers in the position described above, 
[holding Appointments directly under 
the Supreme Government,"] shall, in mak- 
ing application for Preparatory Leave, de- 
clare from what Port it is their intention 
to embark, and whether they desire to 
obtain a Furlough on Private Affairs, or 
on Medical Certificate, or with a view 
of ultimate Retirement from the Service 
of Government." 

Govt, of India, a Officers proceeding to Europe, whe- 

Mil. Dept. , ,, /,« >- . ™ • 

7 March 1856. ther on Medical Certificate, or on Private 

Affairs, may, when an opportunity oc- 
curs, embark at Kurrachee direct to 
Suez." 

" In cases of Officers proceeding on 
Medical Certificate, the final Medical ex- 
amination shall be made at Kurrachee by 



Vade-Mecum. 267 



a Committee of Medical Officers to be. 
formed under the Orders of the Govern- 
ment of Bombay." 

" Applications for Leave to Europe, 
embarking at Kurrachee, are to be made 
in conformity with the existing Begula- 



Agreeably to Article 9 of the New Mi- 
litary Furlough Rules, Chaplains may 
be allowed Furlough on Private Affairs 
for a peri od o^ jix_monj^ wjthojit losing / s^y^is^s*?' 
their Appointments, and agreeably to the 
Despatch of the Hon'ble the Court of 
Directors, in the Military Department, 
dated the 23rd January 1856, Chaplains 
who have availed themselves of such Fur- 
lough are not to be considered as having 
taken their authorized Furlough after se- 



268 ■ Bengal Chaplain's 



ven years' residence ; but may, with the 
permission of the Government of India 
take the remainder of their Furlough as 
authorized in the Hon'ble Court's Des- 
patch, in the Ecclesiastical Department, 
of the 14th June 1854. 

In conformity with Article 13 of the 
New Military Furlough Rules, Chaplains 
will be allowed to be absent on Sick Cer- 
tificate in England, or elsewhere beyond 
Sea, for a period of fifteen months , with- 
out losing their Appointments to Stations. 

Govt, of In- " In order to prevent undue delay on 

dia, Mil. Dept. the part of Officers in embarking for Eu- 

1854. ' rope, on Medical Certificate, the Most 

Noble the Governor-General of India in 

Council is pleased to declare, that in the 

event of an Officer not leaving India with- 



Vade-Mecum. 269 



in two months from the announcement of 
his Sick Furlough in Government Ge- 
neral Orders, if he belong to the Com- 
pany's Service, he will incur Forfeiture of 
Indian Allowances of every description ; 
except when physical unfitness for a Sea 
Voyage shall have prevented his Depar- 
ture, in which case his Allowances will be 
continued to him, within the general li- 
mits of the Absentee Rules, for so long 
as the Medical Board shall pronounce it 
unsafe for him to embark on board Ship. 37 
a 2. — This Order does not dispense 
with the necessity for General Leave to 
an Officer to visit the Presidency, prepa- 
ratory to proceeding to Europe on Medical 
Certificate ; nor does it imply that any 
Officer shall have his Regimental Allow- 
ances continued to him to the Date of Em- 




270 Bengal Chaplain's 



barkation, who by availing himself of the 
period above allowed for that purpose, in 
addition to previous Leave, shall, on the 
whole, have been continuously Absent 
from duty more than six months on Pri- 
vate Affairs, or more than two years on 
Medical Certificate,'''' 
Govt, of In- "The Right Hon'ble the Governor- 
dia, Mil. General in Council hereby notifies for 

10 April 1856! general information, that if there be an 
avowed intention on the part of an Officer 
not to return to duty, or if the Govern- 
ment have valid grounds for concluding 
that the Officer has no intention to return 
to duty, the indulgence of Leave on Sick 
Certificate, retaining Office, will not be 
granted in future." 
India lister* " Officers who have not served ten 
p. xiiii. years [in the case of Assistant Chaplains 



Vadc-Mecum . 271 



it would be seven years] in India, but 
whose presence in England is required by 
urgent private affairs, may be allowed a 
Furlough for one year without pay. 11 

a Officers coming to England on Fur- 
lough are required immediately to report 
their Arrival by Letter to the Secretary, * 
with their Address, forwarding at the same 
time the Certificates they received in 
India." 

u Under the exception contained in Supreme Govt. 
Act 53 Geo. III. cap. 155, sec. 84?, as ap- D g pt ' 29 Dec. 
plicable to cases of Sickness, Infirmity, 1825 « 
or inevitable Accident, no Officer below 
the rank of Lieutenant Colonel is eligi- 
ble to return to the Service, after five 
years' Absence under that enactment ; or 
under Act 33 Geo. III. cap. 52, sec. 70, 
who may fail to obtain from the Court 



272 Bengal Chaplain's 



of Directors an extension of Furlough, 
under the Provisions of these Acts/' 

" Previously to embarkation for India 
on Heturn from Furlough, a Certificate 
and Shipping Order are to be obtained 
from the Secretary to the India House, 
to be laid before Government, immedi- 
ately on Arrival in Bengal. 5 ' 



Chapter XLII. 

Retiring Regulations, 

Court of Di- " Tne Period of Service required from 
rectors' Deep. Chaplains is 18 vears from those ap- 

Finl. Dept. r , * '■ , T HnmM 

No. 113, 28 pointed before the 11th January 18o4, 

Comm. 85 by and 20 y earS fr0m tn0Se a PP ointe(i SUD " 

Ada. Pratt, sequently, including in each case three 
years for a Furlough. The period of In- 
dian residence is, therefore, in the one 



2<? 

3 






Vade-Mecum. 21 o 



case fifteen, arid in the other seventeen, 
years.-" 

" If a Chaplain or Assistant Chaplain 
should not avail himself of the Privilege 
of Furlough, he will be permitted to 
retire on the regulated Pension after the 
completion of the required period of 
Indian residence. 33 

"As the Option of abiding by the Court of m- 

— - - x . ° J rectors Desp 

former Rules is withheld from Chaplains, Fini. Dept. 
we do intend that the Rules, which have j 8 ° 5 ' 5> ' ugt 
been substituted for them, should oper- 
ate with retrospective effect. The Sick 

Leave to the Cape which Mr. — - 

took under the old Rules will, therefore, 
be computed as residence in India, 13 

" With regard to Chaplains and As- Conrt °f Di - 
sistant Chaplains, as the Option of abiding ^niv^ll*' 

2 i 



274 Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



No. 78, 5 by the Old Rules is withheld from them 

Sept. 1855. /\ '„■.,. 

(we) snail not, m their case, require re- 
trospective application of the Rule in 
respect of Leave taken by them in India 
up to the Date of the Promulgation of 
the New Rules, but any such Leave, 
taken in future will count as part of the 
maximum period of three years which 
Chaplains are permitted to reckon as 
Indian Service for the Retiring Pension. 
It is to be understood that the Leave or- 
dinarily called " Privilege" Leave is not 
included in the above computation." 

All Leave— with the exception of Pe- 
riods of Absence under Sec. xxv. of the 
Old Civil Absentee Rules of the 17th 
May 1843, which, of course, count as 
Indian residence for the Retiring Pen* 



Vade-Mecum. 275 



sion — taken before the Promulgation of 
the New Civil Absentee Rules of the 8th 
June 1855, will, as regards the required 
Period of Indian residence, be adjusted 
by the following Rule. 

tc In computing the period of Service, Supreme 
the completion of which entitles to Re- Deptl (Ecd.. 
tirement,the period of Absence o n cer- 29 De0, 1825 ) 
.titled Sickness, and unde r regular Per- 
mission either to the Cape of Good Hope, 
or other Settlement, is to be included 
therein, but not the period of Absence in 
account of Private Affairs, or from other 
Caus e than Sickness." 

All Furloughs or Leaves of Absence 
taken since the 5th June 1855 will be 
adjusted by the following compiled Rule. 

rt No Furlough or Leave of Absence, Vide New 
whether on Private Affairs or on Sick cm Absenie « 



276 Bengal Chaplain's 



Rules, Sec. Certificate, taken in Europe or elsewhere 

xxxl. Court of . . r 

Directors' m or out oi India, ^/^ excess of three 
DeT ? n Se t. # ea?<5 > w ^ De allowed to count as Service 
1855, & 30 of in India in the [eighteen and] twenty 
lough Rules, years which qualify Chaplains [appointed 
before and since the 11th January 1854 
respectively] for their Retiring Pension : 
but the Leave ordinarily called a Privi- 
lege" Leave, and the Period specified in 
Article 29 of the New Military Furlough 
Rules of the 17th November 1854, will 
be reckoned in the required period of 
Indian residence.* 
Article 29 " In order that all Officers quitting In- 

mu. Furlough && on Furlough or Sick Certificate, may 
Rules. b e placed on an exact equality as regards 

loss of time the Period allowed by Re- 

* With regard to Duty performed in Hill Station 
Vide page 244 of this Work. 



Vade-Mecum. 277 



gulation for proceeding to the Presidency 
or to the nearest Port of Embarkation, 
as well as the time to enable Officers to 
rejoin their Corps or Station after Return 
to India, will be- considered as time 
counting for Service for the Retiring Pen- 
sion ." 

" His Honor in Council resolves, that Govt of India, 

Res. Home 

every Application for Furlough, or for Dept. 27 July 
Permission to resign the Service, whe- ° ' 
ther from Chaplains or Civil Servants, 
shall be made through the Government 
or Chief Civil Authority at whose dispo- 
sal the services of the Applicant are 
placed. " 

"We see no objection to Chaplains, Court of JH- 
who have completed the full period of Eccl. Dept.' 
fifteen years' actual residence in India, 



278 Bengal Chaplain's 



No. 1,25 Jan. retiring from the Service there, and draw- 
ing the regulated Eetiring Allowance in 
that country/' 
Court of m. u Directions have been given to the 

rectors' Desp. . . . , . 

Fini. Dept. Commissariat Officers in charge in Van 
May 1 1854. Dieman's Land, Western Australia, South 
Australia and New Zealand, to issue the 
Pensions of all Persons retired from the 
Company's Service who may reside at 
either of those Colonies, on the Produc- 
tion of Certificates of last Payments in 
India, and Receipt of the necessary Com- 
munication from the Indian Govern- 
ments/' 

Bp. Wilson's a Q n quitting the Diocese permanent- 
101st& 102nd „ ,, ® ni 

Suggestions, ly for another Diocese, every Clergyman 

will apply to the Bishop or Commissary 

for Testimonials under the Episcopal 

Seal." 



Vade-Mecum. 279 



" Notice of such Intention to leave or 
otherwise, is desired to be given to the 
Bishop or Commissary, as long before 
the actual time of Departure or of Ap- 
plication as possible." 

" [Retirement from the Service, in Supreme 
cases in which no express intention has Dept. (Ecci.) 
been signified, to be assumed and com- 9 Dec. 1825. 
puted after the expiration of three years 
from the Date of quitting India, unless 
Furlough be extended, then from the 
Date of the Expiration of such addition- 
al time, or otherwise from the Date on 
which the Application to retire may b e 
laid before the Court, whichever shall 
first happen." 

ci In cases of Eetirement, Testimonials 
from the Lord Bishop of Calcutta as to 



280* Bengal Chaplain's 



conduct in India, to be transmitted to 
the Honorable the Court of Directors 
through the Government.' 7 



Chapter XX.XXX. 

Salaries and Salary Bills. 
Agra Civil " The Civil Auditor is the authorized 
nuai, Arfs. l Channel of Communication with Govern- 
Affra, 1853. men t on all questions arising out of 
Allowances. Eeferences are submitted 
through him, and, in like manner, the 
Decisions of Government are communica- 
ted to the Parties concerned/ 7 

" Chaplains draw Us. 800, and Assis- 
tant Chaplains Ks. 500, per mensem ; 
the Salary commences from the Date of 
arrival within the Limits of the Presiden- 
cy." 



Vade-Mecum. 281 



" There are two Senior Chaplains in c ™rt of Di- 

rectors' Desp. 

each Presidency whose Salary is on a Ecci. Dept. 

different scale from that of the general ll Jan * 1854 ' 
body of Chaplains." 

One of them receives Rupees 1201-3-3, Vide Fort 

ni i T-. i ■* rt/> « rx William Civil 

and the other Rupees 1126-2-0, per men- Auditor's An- 
sem. u! EccL 

" As the Allowance to the Chief Medi- Court oj Dim 
cal Officer under the new arrangement is p^™Dept S,? ' 
limited to 9J00 Rupeee per annum, we 23 Feb. 1831, 
desire that the Income of each of the salaries of p<?- 
Chaplains be also fixed at that amount/' nan ^ S l n ? a ~ 

The Salary of Assistant Chaplains, Vide Court 
who receive their Appointments and sign Defp^No'T 
their Covenants in India, commences from 30 A P ril 1856. 
the date on which the latter are executed. A^Tprltt. 

" When Chaplains are removed from Proceedings 
one Station to another, the Allowances of of Gov ' Gene " 

2j 



282 



ral, 20 Nov. 
1806. 



Apr a Civil 
Auditor's Let- 
ter, No. 1002, 
dated 24 N««v. 
1^49 to Ada. 
Proit, and 
Co mm. by 
him. 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Court of Di- 
rectors' Disp, 
Eccl. Dept. 
No. 6, 13 
Au2. 1851. 
Co mm. by 
Adu. Pr«^, 



the Stations to which they may be ap- 
pointed are to lbe passed to them from the 
Dates of their Appointment to those Sta- 
tions/' 

" In all cases of Appointments the 
change only takes place on the final de- 
parture of the Officer vacating the Post, 
the Reverend Mr. "will, conse- 
quently, draw his Salary as heretofore, and 
be considered as Officiating at Bareilly, 
and the Reverend Mr. as Chap- 
lain of Bareilly, is entitled to his Salary 
with the authorized deductions 3 up to Date 
of Embarkation." 

(t As much misapprehension appears to 
exist at your Presidency with respect to 
the Individuals, who may, from time to 
time, become entitled to the higher Sa- 
laries, which have been fixed for the Se- 



Vade-Mecum. 283 



nior Chaplains, we direct that these Al- 
lowances be issued only to the two Senior 
Chaplains on the List, but that in the 
event of their, or either of them, coming 
to Europe on Furlough, the same be 
drawn by the next in seniority in India, 
pending the Furlough of the Absentee, 
who is to resume the Allowance from the 
Date of his Return. 

el 2. We further direct, that in cases 
of Absence of either of the Senior Chap- 
lains within the limits of the Charter, no 
portion of the Allowances forfeited during 
such Absence be granted to any other 
person.' 1 '' 

" On first arrival, one month's Salary ^ff ra Civil 
. > . Auditor's Ma- 

may be drawn in advance, but not with- nual, Arts. 76, 

out the sanction of ^Government " 285 » 286 ' & 



284 Bengal Chaplain't 



1853. Agr0> U No bil1 for a fixed Salar J is t0 te for " 

warded for Audit previous to the expira- 
tion of the mouth for which it is drawn." 
" Bills not bearing a legible signature 
or the designation of the Office held by 
the Drawer, are to be returned unaudit- 
ed." 

t( In the event of loss of an Original au- 
dited Bill, duplicate Audit may be granted • 
a Letter of Advice to be sent simultane- 
ously to the Accountant." 



Chapter XX.IV. 

Home Remittances and Family Remit- 
tance Drafts. 
Court of Di. u Para. 4. We have come to the de- 
JW/.°Dept. No*, termination to grant to our Officers a re- 
9, 26 Feb. mittance through our Treasury, at such a 



Vade-Mecum. 285 



rate of Exchange as will not occasion po- 1834. Publish- 

. . -n- » r ed in the Oi- 

sitive Joss to our Jbinances. der of the Su- 

"5.— The rate of Exchange which we £3^2jJ 
intend shall be observed is that at which No. 139, 10 
Advances made, from the Indian Trea- uy 
sunes to His Majesty's Government, are 
annually repaid to us in this country.' 5 

ic 9. You will forward to us Quarterly 
Rolls of the Stoppages made from the Pay 
and Allowances of the Officers, who desire 
to avail themselves of this indulgence, 
and it must be clearly understood, that 
the Remittance is to be granted for the 
benefit only of the immediate Relatives 
(that is to say, of the Parents, Wives, 
Children, Brothers or Sisters,) of the Offi- 
cers who apply for it." 

11 In continuation of General Orders, Supreme 
No. 139, of the 10th July last, the GovLMih 



286 Bengal Chaplain's 



Dept.No. 192, Hon'ble the Vice-President m Council is 
9 Oct. 1834. . , M _ . _. . . , . _ 

pleased to admit Chaplains on this Jiista- 

blishment to a participation in the indul- 
gence therein conferred, of making Remit- 
tances to their Families in Europe through 
the Hon'ble Company's Treasury, to the 
following extent ; viz. 

Chaplains as Majors, the"] 

rank in which they subscribe > P,, r 

••! ^ i -^ I annum, 

to Military Orphan Fund. J 

Assistant Chaplains have, subsequently, 
been allowed to make Remittances as Cap- 
tains ; viz. £100 per annum. 

Vide Circu- Chaplains may obtain Family Remit- 

l o( thf Aeelun- tance Drafts on Provincial Treasuries, to 

tant N. W. P. the same extent as Majors of Infantry, 

viz. to that of Rs. 789-3-0 per mensem : 

and Assistant Chaplains to the same ex- 



Vade-Mecum* . £87 



tent as Captains of Infantry, viz. to that 
of Es. 415-6 per mensem. 



Chapter XLV 

Allowances on Leaves of Absence and 
Furlough } and Pensions on Retirement. 

"With, respect to the Allowances of Court of Di. 

. . , rectors' Desp. 

Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains, whilst Finl. Dept. 

Absent on Leave in India for Short Peri- f 8 ° 55 7 f ' 5 Sept 

ods, either on Private Affairs or Medical 

Certificate, [that is, in the latter case, when 

Absence is prolonged beyond the one year 

allowed in the following Despatch of the 

Honorable Court, dated 5th March, 1856,] 

we consider that they should Ibe treated 

as Staff Officers, and as the latter receive 

the Pay and Allowances of their Kegi- 

mental rank, together with half net Staff 



*>8S Bengal Chaplain's 



Pay, we approve of your Suggestion, that 
Chaplains be granted, during such Short 
Absences, Furlough Pay, and, in addition 
thereto, half the difference between their 
Full Pay and their Furlough Pay." 

Court of Di- u Adverting, however, to the Allow- 

rectors Desp. °' 

Fini. Dept. ances which were drawn by Chaplains and 
March 1856. Assistant Chaplains under the Old Rules, 
when absent in India under Medical Cer- 
tificate, we have resolved to grant to them, 
during Absence under such Certificate 
only, within the limit of one year, their 
full Salaries, subject to a reduction of 
one-third for the whole term of regu- 
lated Absence* save and except that if 
the Salary be not more than Rupees 500 
per month no deduction shall be made, 
and if it be only so much more than 



Vade-Mecum. 289 



Kupees 500 that the prescribed de- 
duction of one-third would reduce the 
Allowance below that sum, only the ex- 
cess beyond Rupees 500 shall be deduct- 
ed." 

" The Furlough Pay of Chaplains will Court of Di 
remain as at present. With regard to ^ccL Dept! P 

their Allowance during Sick Leave to any ?1°; 2 > l4 Jttna 
° J 1854. 

place out of India, we have resolved that, 
in accordance with the principle adopted 
for Military Officers, they shall receive 
Salary, (but at a rate not exceeding £600 
per annum,) for the first six months of 
Absence, and for the remaining twelve 
months an Allowance equal .to the Fur- 
lough Pay of their Standing. If the 
Leave be extended, an Allowance equal 
to Furlough Pay may be drawn for a fur- 
ther period of eighteen months." 

2k 



290 Bengal Chaplain 1 1 



court of Di- « The Allowances to be received by 

rectors' Desp. . . . 

Ftn/. Dept. Onaplams during their Absence beyond 

1855. ' 5 ept ^ ea on ^ c k Leave were specially fixed in 
our Ecclesiastical Despatch, dated the 
14th June 1854, and with reference to 
that part of your Resolution of the 10th 
February 1855, which relates to the Sick 
Leave to Europe granted to the Reverend 

of the Madras Ecclesiastical 

Establishment, we must observe that Mr. 
should, in accordance with our inten- 
tion, receive Salary at the rate of £600 
per annum for the first six months of his 
Leave, and subsequently the Furlough 
Pay of his Standing." 

New Mm- " Advances of Pay and Allowances to 
tary Furlough Officers proceeding on Leave of Absence 

Bules Art. 24. _f , ° 

17 Nov. 1854. onbick Uertmcate, who may be entitled to 



Vade-Mecum. 291 



them, will be made in India for three 
months from Date of Embarkation." 

" Furlough Pay will continue to be 
issued in advance for six months, when 
required by Officers obtaining Furlough 
on Private Affairs." 

Officers who may proceed to Europe via ^india°mi. 
Kurrachee or Bombay, from Stations above Dept. No. 
Allahabad, on the production of authentic 1350! 
Documents, showing the grant of their 
Leave, and the Date on which they quitted 
their Appointments, as also of a last Pay 
Certificate, can draw their Allowances at 
Kurrachee. 

u From a desire to promote to the ut- court ofDi- 
most of our power the convenience and rectors* Desp. 
advantage of the Members of our Civil, No. 55, 15 
Military and Marine Services, when resi- Nov ' 1837# 
dent in this country [England] we have 



292 



Bengal Chaplain's 



been induced to make a change which we 
have reason to believe will be highly be- 
neficial tc those interested, by determining 
that their Pay be in future issued Quar- 
terly instead of Half-yearly as hereto- 
fore." 



Vide Supreme 
Govt. Order, 
Public Dept. 
(Eccl.) 29 
Dec. 1825, and 
Court of Hi- 
rectors' Desp. 
Eccl. Dept. 31 
Aug. 1836. 



Furlough Allowances. 



Appointed to the Service. 



Chaplains and 
Assistant Chaplains. 



Previous to 
1 Sept. 
1836. 

Per Diem. 



; £. s. d. 
(From ill-health). \ 
Under 7 years' Service | 10 6 

On Furlough. 
Above 7 years' Service 16 



Subsequently 

to 1 Sept. 

1836. 

Per Diem. 



£. s. d. 
7 

10 6 



Vade-Mecum. 293 



In the case of sickness, Salary for nx 
months, at the rate of £600 per annum, is, 
agreeably to the directions contained in the 
Ecclesiastical and Financial Despatches of 
the Honorable the Court of Directors of 
the 14th June 1854 and the 5th Septem- 
ber 1855 respectively, granted. 

" In all the Services of Government the Letter, No. 
amount of Annuity of "Retiring Members Nov. ibm, of 
is regulated by their length of Service, and 6 Jj t J, < Adn '"* 
not by their Rank." Pratt, and 

Coram, by 
him. 



294 



Bengal Chaplain's 



Retiring Pensions. 



Vide Sup- 
reme Govt 
Order, Publ. 
Depr.. (Eccl.) 

29 Dec. 1825, Chaplains and Assis- 
and Court of tant Chaplains. 
Directors 9 
Desp. Eccl. 
Dept. 31 Aug. 
1836. 



After 7 years' Service 
(from ill-health,) ... 

10 years' Service 

(from ill-health.) ... 

18 years' Service 

(3 years' Furlough 
included) 



Appointed to the Service 



Previous to 
1st Sept. 
1836, per 
Annum. 



Subsequent- 
ly to 1st 

Sept. 1836, 
per An- 
num. 



£. s. d. 
173 7 6 
200 15 

365 



£. s. d. 
127 15 
173 7 6 

292 



Court of Di- 



et 



We have determined to alter the 



rectors' Desp. R u les prospectively with respect to all 
No! i, il P Jan. Assistant Chaplains who may be appoint- 
1854, * ed to our Service, and to require from 



Vade-Mecum. 295 



thein as a qualification for the Retiring 
Pension [of £292-0-0 per annum] a mi- 
nimum Service and Residence of 17 years^ 
or a Service of 20 years including a Fur- 
lough of 3 years." 



Chapter SLVI. 

Bengal Military Fund. 

" The Eight Honorable the Vice-Pre- oMhV* s£! ioa 
sident in Council has much gratification P reme G ° vt - in 

° . the Mil. Dept. 

ia publishing, for the information of the No. 21, 26Jan. 
Army, the following Extract (Paras. 93 
to 98), from a General Letter from the 
Honorable the Court of Directors in the 
Military Department, under date the 30th 
August 1826, expressive of their concur- 
rence in the Eegulations now established 
for the Bengal Military Fund." 



296 Bengal Chaplain's 



1 93. The experience obtained from 
the operation of the Madras and Bom- 
bay Funds, induces us to accede to your 
wish, and to that of the Subscribers to 
the Bengal Military Fund, that the a- 
mount of Pensions to Widows shall not 
be contingent on the amount of Property 
left by their deceased Husbands. 7 

1 94. We also accede to your proposi- 
tion for substituting Solemn Declarations on 
honor for Affidavits, in all ordinary cases 
where there is no suspicion of unfairness.-' 

1 95. The Rates and Rules for grant- 
ing Pensions and other Benefits from the 
Bengal Military Fund, which are describ- 
ed in the printed Regulations transmitted 
to us, have likewise our sanction.' 

1 96. We shall make the desired Ad- 
vances to the Agents of the Fund in 



Vade-Mecum. 297 



England, on the same terms as are allowed 
to other Indian Institutions, namely, 2s. 
4d. per Sicca Rupee.' 

1 97. We also authorize you to allow 
8 per Cent. Interest, on the bona -fide ba- 
lances of the Fund paid into the Trea- 
sury/ 

' 98. Finally, we shall require all 
Chaplains, Cadets and Assistant Surgeons 
hereafter entering into our Service, to 
contribute to the Bengal Military Fund, 
in the same manner as they are now ob- 
liged to contribute to the Orphan Fund/ " 

" The Accountant General is requested Order of the 
to realize the contributions of Chaplains, in the^Mi™ 
who have entered the Service since the PfP 1, No *}?' 

15 June 1827. 

date specified for subjecting all i Chap- 
lains Cadets and Assistant Surgeons' to 
the Regulations of the Military Fund." 

2 1 



298 Bengal Chaplain's 



t( The realization of Contributions to 
the Orphan Society, and to the Military 
Fund are, in all cases, to commence si- 
multaneously. " 

Regulations All Subscribers to pay a Donation or 
tary g F l nnt ?* Q ™™™ on entering the Fund, agreeably 
Art. vii. to the rates specified in the accompanying 

Table No. 1, and shall also allot for the 
support of the Fund, as long as they shall 
continue Subscribers, the monthly sums 
specified in Table No. II, agreeably to 
their Rank, whether in India or Europe/' 



Vade-Mecum. 



299 



Table Z. 



AMOUNT OF THE PREMIUM OR DONATION PAYABLE BY THE DIFFERENT 
RANKS. 





' 96t)lJ..tVJ{[ 

u 




00" 




o 
—""©""" 


o 
~""~c© 




IN 

OS 

CO 


m 

CM 

o 


C7> 

© 


1> 
o 


« 


'U01J01U0J.J 
UQ 


r 


© 


< 


CO 


00 


o 


o 


S 

z 






«0 

CO 


in 

CO 


P 


"UOl% 

BuiuiofuQ 


(4 


•=> 


<=> 


o 


o 




oo 


o 


00 


00 




oo 


<=> 
oo 
so 




CO 
CO 




'UO]}OWOJJ 

u 


02 


o 


° 


c 


o 




c^l 


00 


CO 


o 


p 

a 

2 


CO 




b 


lO 

m 

<* 


05 


'UOIJ 

6u%moC uq 




O 


o 


o 


© 


o 


o 




© 

CO 


© 


Hi 





S .a ; S .2 |s : § § ; 
S 3 : . a o< j- : £p-2 

® 2 •' ,2 .2 ro ^ 2 ' 3 « 

-s o ffl .2 ot gq '5* 5 w> 9* § J3 
O rf g O O 



300 



Bengal Chaplain's 



* Table XX. 

Amount of monthly Subscriptions of the 
different Ranks. 



Cols, and Mem. 
bersof theMe 
dical Board .. 



If in India. If in Europe. 



r„„„'j Un-mar- l „.- . , Unmar* 
arriea \ vied. *«■'■*«*. I ried. 



Rs. 



62 



Lieut.- Cols, and 
Superintending 
Surgeons ..... 45 



Majors, Chap 
lainsand Senior 
Surgeons, ... 



Captains, Su-gs. 
and Assistant 
Chaplains 



35 



20 



l 


P 


H 


i ! 

APJ £ 

! 1 


8 





28 


i 
2 

1 


3 








20 


4 

i 


2 








15 


i 
12 


2 








9 


ojo 


1 



s d £ 



15 1 



1 







6 3 111 

II I I 



Vade-Mecum. 301 



« The Donation to the Military Fund, Ag™ Civil 
to be paid by the Chaplain or Party join- Manual Arte. 
insr the Institution, becomes due on the 3 1 25, 3 fJ* 

o ' Agra 1853. 

Day of his Admission ; the indulgence of 
allowing the payment to be made by 
monthly instalments is not to be admit- 
ted as affecting the Principle/' 

" With reference to Arrears due from 
Subscribers to the Bengal Military Fund, 
the Civil Auditor is enjoined to com- 
ply with periodical requisitions from the 
Secretary of the Fund, and to make 
such Deductions from the Pay and Allow- 
ances of the Subscribers as may be stated 
by the Secretary to be due, as Donation, 
Subscription, or on any other account." 

<l It is a condition of Appointment to Court of 
our Military Service, that all Officers £Jj£* % h 
shall subscribe to the Military Fund ; and, 



302 Bengal Chaplain's 



Dept. No. 117, we consider it imperative on those who are 

23 Oct. 1850. . x . 

married to subscribe in that Class. " 

Regulations " The Benefits derivable from the Mi- 

ntary Fund, litary Fund are two-fold : — 

-Arts, xvn, j st Such as are granted by the Kegu- 

xnn, xis, xx .... 

lations to Subscribers while living. 

2nd. Such as are granted to Widows 
of deceased Subscribers. 

" The Benefits granted to Subscribers 
while alive are considered personal, and 
subject to the decision of the Directors for 
the time being, who will be guided in 
their decision on each Claim by the Kegu- 
lations of the Fund, except when they 
have reason to entertain doubts with res- 
pect to any such Claim ; it will in such 
cases be their duty to call for further in- 
formation from the Claimant • and if this 
information should not be satisfactory to 



Vade-Mecum. 303 



the Directors, they are authorized to 
withhold the payment of the Claim." 

u A Subscriber, of whatever rank, who 
may proceed to Europe on Sick Certifi- 
cate, and who may not be allowed Pas- 
sage-money from Government, shall be 
authorized to apply to the Military Fund 
for the sum of Rupees 800 to defray 
that Expense, provided his Application 
shall be accompanied by a sincere and 
solemn Declaration that he does not pos- 
sess the sum of Rupees 5,000, or Proper- 
ty of any Description to that amount ; 
and also shall be entitled on his return 
to India to receive from the Agents in 
England, the sum regulated for the Out- 
ward-passage,* on the production of a 

* Ail subscribers, of whatever rank, are entitled on 
their return to lodia to receive £80 for the outward- 
passage. 






304 Bengal Chaplain's 



Declaration, that he neither possesses 
nor has, at any time, possessed £500 
Sterling or Property of any Description 
to that amount (exclusive of Pay) during 
the period he has been in receipt of Eng- 
lish Pay on Furlough/' 

u A Subscriber so proceeding to Eng- 
land on Sick Certificate, shall be authoriz- 
ed to apply for the further sum of Rupees 
300 for his Equipment, his Application 
being accompanied by a solemn and sin- 
cere Declaration of his not being possess- 
ed of the sum of Rupees 2,000, or Pro- 
perty of any Description to that amount; 
but no Allowance will, in any case, be 
made for Equipment to a Subscriber re- 
turning to India." 

The following are proposed Alterations 
in Articles xix. and xx. 



•••-.: 



Vade-Mecum. : 305 



" That all personal Benefits be with- 
drawn from Subscribers whose Emolu- 
ments at the time of proceeding on Fur- 
lough, or within six months of that time, 
equal those of a Regimental Major, and 
that in the case of married Subscribers, 
not included in this Category, and who 
may otherwise be eligible to su ch Benefits, 
one Moiety of the present Bates, shall 
only be allowed." 

u That unmarried Subscribers, who may 
hereafter draw personal Benefits shall, 
on the occasion of their marrying, be 
required to refund a Moiety of the same 
to place them on a footing as respects 
such Allowances, with married Members." 



V 



Tabdowhood) of each Ranh Page 306 
Pensions. 




Proposed Scale in India. 




§a 

w rv 

as 

<u -3 

p,g 

Is. As. P. 

14 9 
71 10 5 
28 11 9 

85 13 3 


Per Mensem 
Lord Clive's 
Fund from 
June 1855. 


Total 
Per Mensem 

including 
Lord Clive's 

Pension. 


Colon 
Lieut 
Major 
Capta 


Rs As. P. 
93 2 10 
74 8 8 
55 14 6 
37 4 4 


Rs. As. P. 
307 11 1 
246 3 
184 10 1 
123 1 3 



Colo 
Lieu 
Majr 
Capt 



Scale. 



'er Annum 

iord Clive's 

Fund. 



£ s. d. 

114 1 3 

91 5 

68 8 9 

45 12 6 



a e OT 



^ 



So 



£ s. d. 
395 13 6 
316 10 9 
237 8 
158 5 5 



o s o a 

uHCns 

o a c a =s 
2P* 



•go a 



- S3 >» 
5 » *- 



ftp!; o^ 



31 5 

25 

18 15 

12 10 



Table Slaving the amount of Pension to Widows {during their Widowhood) of each Rank. Page 306 
Present Scale, and 10 per cent. Reduced Scale of Pensions. 



Colonels' Wido< 
Lieut.-Cols.' da 
Majors' do 

Captains' do 



Present Scale in hnlm. 



Rs. A. P. 

238 6 5 
190 11 6 
143 7 



76 1 6 

60 14 

45 10 6 

30 7 



Rs. As. P. 

314 7 11 
251 9 6 



Proposed Scale in India. 



Rs. As. P 
214 9 
171 10 5 



Rs As. P. 
93 2 10 
74 8 8 
55 14 6 
37 4 i 



(£'".3 



Rs. As. P. 

307 11 1 

246 3 

184 10 1 

123 1 3 







Present Scale in Europe. 


Total 

per 

Annum. 


Proposed Scale. 


|3 § 


Amount of Pro- 
posed 10 per Cent. 
Reduction in Europe 
on Pension from 
Military Fund. 




Per Annum 
Military 
Fund. 


Per Annum 

Lord Clive's 

Fund. 


Per Annum 
Military 
Fund. 


Per Annum 

Lord Clive's 

Fund. 


Colonels' 
Lieut .-Co 
Majors' 
Captains' 


Widows,... 
s.' do. ... 

do. ... 

do. ... 


£ s.d. 
312 18 
250 6 4 
187 14 8 
125 3 2 


£ s. d. 
114 1 3 
91 5 

45 12 6 


£ s. d. 
426 19 3 
341 11 4 
256 3 5 
170 15 8 


£ s. d. 
281 12 3 
225 5 9 
168 19 3 
112 12 11 


£ s. d. 
114 1 3 
91 5 
68 8 9 
45 12 6 


£ s. d. 
395 13 6 
316 10 9 
237 8 
158 5 5 


£ s. d. 
31 5 9 
25 7 
18 15 5 
12 10 3 



Vade-Mecum. 307 



Ci If a Widow Pensioner on the Fund Article xxu 
marries, her Pension is to cease during 
her coverture ; "but in the event of her 
again becoming a "Widow, she shall be re- 
admitted to all the Benefits she may have 
enjoyed from the Fund during her first 
Widowhood, in like manner as if she 
had not re-married ; but subject, of course, 
to all the limitations and conditions pre- 
scribed by the Regulations in the first 
instance. If the second Husband shall 
also have been a Subscriber to the Fund, 
the Widow will receive, however, only one 
annuity , taking that which may be the 
greatest, that is to say, according to the 
Bank of the first or second Husband, 
whichever may be the higher?' 

The following alteration in Article 
XXVI has been proposed. 

2 m 



808 Bengal Chaplain's 



" That the first Clause of Article 26 
be modified as follows : If a Widow Pen- 
sioner on the Fund shall re-marry, she 
shall receive one- third pension, provided 
her Husband, if a Member, continue his 
Contributions, but in the event of her 
again becoming a "Widow, &c, &c." 

Article xxvii. tl Every Widow benefiting by the Mi- 
litary Fund, and not provided by Go- 
vernment with a Passage to Europe, shall 
be entitled (for one Passage only) to an 
Allowance of Kupees 1.O00." 

It is proposed to make the following 
Alteration in Article XXVII. 

u That half Passage-money only be al- 
lowed to future Widows, but that it be op- 
tional with Members to subscribe special- 
ly, at rates to be fixed, for the other Moiety, 



Vade-Mecum. 309 



should they desire their Widows to have a 
Claim for the full amount of this Benefit." 

(i Generally all payments due from the Article xlii. 
Fund are made quarterly in England, 
and monthly in India ; but in cases when 
Pensioners or Claimants on the Fund are 
about to embark for Europe, all Arrears 
must be paid up to the end of the prece- 
ding monthP 

A Proposition, which has been lately Communica- 
adopted by a majority of the Votes of the t * ^$£1*?°' 
Subscribers, and by which Assistant on 7 A P ril 

--'- . \ J 1857. 

Chaplains will have it in their power to 
subscribe in the grades of Major, Lieu- 
tenant Colonel and Colonel after a Service 
of 7, 12 and 17 years respectively, has 
been submitted to the Honorable the 
Court of Directors for their kind consi- 
deration and sanction. 

■ 



S10 Bengal Chaplain's 



Chapter XX.VXX. 

Bengal Military Orphan Society, 
In answer to a request made to him 
by the Compiler, for a copy of the Code 
of Regulations of the Bengal Military 
Orphan Society, the Secretary, Captain 
Beckett, on the 1st April 1857, very 
politely supplied him with a Document, 
exhibiting the present rates of Subscrip- 
tion and Contribution to the Fund, and 
the Benefits receivable by Orphans and 
said, that, after certain Proposals had re- 
ceived the Sanction of the Army, the Go- 
vernment of India, and the Honorable the 
Court of Directors, a new Code would be 
framed. The Compiler conjectures, 
that some months must elapse before 
the required Sanction can be received, 
and the new Code completed ; and, as he 



Vade-Mecum. 311 



is unwilling to postpone the publication 
of his little work, he begs, that the Sub- 
scribers to it, will be contented with a 
copy of the Document which he re- 
ceived. 



" Fort William, 29th March, 1856. 

No. 527 of 1856.— The proposed 
measures, recently submitted to the 
Subscribers to the Bengal Military Or- 
phan Society for extending the Benefits* 
of that Institution, having been carried 
by a very large majority, and the Honor- 
able the Court of Directors having 
authorized the new Rules being brought 
into operation without delay, the Right 
Hon'ble the Governor-General in Coun- 
cil is pleased to authorize the fol- 



312 Bengal Chaplain's 



lowing rates of Subscription and Family 
Contribution, with retrospective effect 
from the 1st January last :- — 

Mates of Monthly Sabscription to be 
fixed from the 1st January 3 1856. 

Rs. A. P. 

Colonels, Archdeacons, and 
Members of Medical Board . . 25 

Lieutenant-Colonels . . 20 

Majors, Chaplains, and Super- 
intending Surgeons 15 

Captains, Surgeons, and As- 
sistant Chaplains 10 

Lieutenants, Assistant Sur- 
geons, and Veterinary Surgeons 6 4 

Ensigns, Second Lieutenants, 
Cornets, and Deputy Commis- 
saries 500 



Vade-Mecum. S13 



Rates of Monthly Contribution to be 
paid from the 1st January, 1856. 

Ks. A. P. 
For each Male Child until he 

attains the age of 19 10 

For each Female Child until 
Marriage or Death ... . . 300 

(Sd.) E. J. H. Birch, Colonel, 

Secy, to the Govt, of India, 
in the Military Department, 

Note. — Vide General Orders by G. G. in Council, 
No. 569 dated 8th April, 1856. 

" BENEFITS." 

To be received by Orphans from the Fund 
under the New Rules, which came 
into operation on the 1st 
January 1856. 
1st. — Every Male Child whether legi- 
timate or illegitimate who may become 



314 Bengal Chaplain 1 s 



an Orphan subsequent to the 1st of Janu- 
ary 1856, (and whose Father has paid the 
encreased Subscription and Family Con- 
tribution) shall be entitled, if under the 
age of 19 at the time of his Father's death 
to receive 

" In England. 

If under 6 years of age, £30 per 
Annum. 

If above 6 years of age, £40 per 
Annum." 
M In India. 

If under 5 years of age, Rs. 20 per 
month. If above 5 years of age, 
Bs. 35 per month, .until he be- 
comes 19 years of age, or is in a 
Position to gain his own Livelihood 
previous to that time, when he will 



Vade-Mecum. 315 



be struck off the List of Wards 
and 
Will be entitled to receive as an Ap- 
prentice Fee or Final Grant as 
follows : — 

In England, £63 

In India Ks. 500 
at the discretion of the General 
Management, unless previously pro- 
vided with a Maintenance to their 
Satisfaction." 

'" 2nd. — Every Female unmarried Child 
whether legitimate or illegitimate who 
may become an Orphan subsequent to the 
1st January 1856 (and whose Father has 
paid the encreased Subscription and 
Family Contribution) is entitled to ad- 
mission to the Fund from the date of her 

2 n 



316 Bengal Chaplain's 



Father's death loithout any reference to her 
own age at the time of that event, and to 
receive until her Marriage or Death as 
follows : " — 
u In England. 

If under 6 years of age, i;30 per 
Annum. 

If above 6 years and under 18 
years of age, £45 per Annum. 
And on her becoming 1 8 years of 
age, she will receive i£35 per An- 
num." 
u In India, 

If under 5 years of age, Rs. 20 per 
month. 

If above 5 years of age, Rs. 35 per 
month. 



Vade-Mecum. 317 



She will receive this latter sum per 
month until Marriage or Death." 

(i Every Female Orphan will also re- 
ceive as a Portion on her Marriage, if 

sanctioned by the General Management, 
and at their discretion the sum of £150 if 

in England, and Rs. 1 ,500 if in India." 

" It is only in extreme cases that the 
Marriage Portion will be withheld from 
Female Orphans." 

" All legitimate Orphans of Subscribers 
will be sent to England for Education, if 
from their age the General Management 
consider it proper and necessary, and they 
will receive Passage-money as follows :" — 
If one Orphan be going alone Rs. 600 

If two are going each „ 500 

If more than two „ 450 



318 Bengal Chaplain's 



a 



The illegitimate Orphans of Sub- 
scribers will not be sent to England for 
their Education, but the Females will be 
domiciled in Kidderpore House, and the 
Males will be placed at some suitable 
School." 

ec In addition to the above extended 
Benefits, it is to be distinctly understood 
that the Military Orphan Society cannot 
in any manner interfere with any Proper- 
ty which may belong to, or be left to, any 
Ward who may have become an Orphan 
subsequent to the 1st of January 1856, 
and whose Father had paid the encreased 
Subscription and Family Contribution as 
ordered by the Hon'ble Court of Direc- 
tors, the Government and the Votes of 
the Subscribers in 1847 and 1855. In 



Vade-Mecum. 31£ 



short, all Orphans who have become such 
since 1st January 1856, are entitled to 
the Full extended Benefits of the Fund, 
whether rich or poor, their Claims being 
entirely irrespective of their Property." 

Note, — The above is a Statement of the Extend- 
ed Benefits as sanctioned by the Hon'ble Court 
of Directors and the Government. A regular 
Code of the New Rules is in preparation, and 
when perfected will be submitted to the Sub- 
scribers and Government for confirmation." 

cl Addition to the Old Rules passed by 
the Board of General Management at the 
monthly Meeting on the 20th February, 
1857." 

u That all money bequeathed to a 
Ward of the Society being bond fide sav- 
ings from the Income of the widowed 
Mother, or the Sum effected by her means 



320 Bengal Chaplain's 



on the Insurance of her Life be not claim- 
ed by the Society, but be allowed to be 
paid over as bequeathed without preju- 
dice to Allowance Apprentice Fees, Final 
Grant or Marriage Portion." 



Chapter XX*VXXX. 

Lord Clive's Fund. 

Govt. Order e( In consequence of Instructions com- 
1 Aug. 1803. mun i cate( i in tlie General Letter of the 

Court of Directors, dated the 14th Janu- 
ary last, all Applications from Widows of 
Officers to be admitted to the late Lord 
Clive's Pension Fund, are to be accompa- 
nied by attested copies, in duplicate, of the 
Certificates of their Marriage, and the 
Affidavits, in duplicate, setting forth that 
their respective Husbands did not die pos- 



Vade-Mecum. 32 1 



sessed of Property to the amount prescri- 
bed* by the Deed of Agreement between 
the Company and Lord Clive, nor any 
Person or Persons in trust for them." 

" In obedience to Instructions from the covt. Order, 
Honorable the Court of Directors, the JJJ' ^ 17 
Most Noble the Governor-General in 
Council notifies in General Orders, that 
Widows of Officers admitted to the Bene- 
fit of Lord Clive' s Fund by this Govern- 
ment, will not be received on the Fund 
in England, unless they produce a Certi- 
ficate from the Pay Department, specifying 
the Date of Admission, and the Period to 
which the Pension has been paid in India." 

* Viz. a Colonel, neither he, nor any person in trust 
for him, possessed of, or entitled to real or personal es- 
tate to the value of £4,000 ; a Lieut. -Colonel, £3,0o<> ; 
a Major, £2,500; aCapt., £2,000; a Lieut., £1,000; 
an Ensign, £750. Vide Govt. Order, 23 July 1771- 



322 Bengal Chaplain's 



Govt, of in. <c With re f erence t0 Government Gene-^ 

dia, Mil. 

Dept. No. 937, ral Order No. 350 of the 20th June 1851, 

16 Sept. 1854. in which wag pu])lished the Form of Affi- 

davit to be taken by Widows of Officers 
applying for the Benefits of Lord Clive's 
Fund, the Most Noble the Governor-Ge- 
neral in Council is pleased to republish 
the Form of Affidavit, and to direct par- 
ticular attention to the Note subjoined to 
it, which Note is invariably to be entered 
at the foot of the Affidavit" 

" To Wit 

hereby maketh 



Oath that she is the Widow of late 

^_ __ in the Hon'ble 

the East India Company's Service, 
and that she has not contracted Mar- 
riage with any other Person since the 



Vade-Mecum. 323 



death of her aforesaid Huslband ; and this 
Deponent further swears, that her said 
Husband did not. die possessed of, or en- 
titled to, real and personal Estate, to the 
amount in value together* of — — — — 



nor any Person or Per- 



sons in trust for him. 

Sworn before me this day of- 



u Para. 11. Chaplains who have not Court of m* 
served 7 years in India are admissible to M?L r *Dept!* 9 ' 
the benefit of Lord Clive's Fund in the N "- 92, 9 Oct. 

1833 

rank of Captain. After completing a Service 
of 7 years, their Retiring Allowances are 
provided for, independently of Lord Clive's 
Fund, by the Regulations conveyed to you 

* Note. — To include any Settlement that may hare 
been made at the time of Marriage." 

2 o 



B24 Bengal Chaplain's 



in our Ecclesiastical Letter of the 22nd 
November 1826." 

(i 12. As by the Eegulations announc- 
ed in that Letter, Chaplains may retire 
on the Full Pay of Lieut.-Colonel after 18 
years' Service (including 3 years for a Fur- 
lough), we have considered the Widows 
of those who die in the Service after 
completing that period to be eligible to 
the benefits of Lord Olive's Fund in the 
rank of Lieutenant-Colonel/" 

" 13. The Widows of Chaplains who 
have completed 7 years' actual Service in 
India, are admissible in the rank of Ma- 
jor, and those of Chaplains of less Service 
in the rank of Captain, being the Eanks 
the Pay of which is receiveable by those 
Classes of Chaplains respectively when on 
furlough," 



Vade-Mecum. 325 



" Para. 31. Chaplains appointed since ^urj o/jw, 
1st September 1836, and their Widows, Mil. Dept. 
if entitled to Pension from Lord Clive's \^ 3t ' c '■ 
Fund, are admissible only at the follow- 
ing rates, viz." 

" 1st. Chaplains who have not served 
seven years in India, a Pension of 
(£63-17-6) Sixty-three, Seventeen Shil- 
lings and Six Pence a year, (being one 
moiety of their Pay on Furlough, as fixed 
by our Letter in the Ecclesiastical De- 
partment, dated 31st August 1836, No. 
2,) and their Widows, One half of that 
sum, viz. (£31-18-9) thirty- one, Eighteen 
Shillings, and Nine Pence." 

" 2nd. The Widows of Chaplains who 
have completed seven years' actual Service 
in India, as Widows of Captains." 



326 Bengal Chaplain's 



" 3rd. The Widows of Chaplains who 
have completed fifteen years' actual Ser- 
vice in India, as Widows of Majors." 
Court ofm. "-The Pensions to Widows of Officers, 
'mil *Dept! when entitled to that advantage, are as 

s. a. 
rf Widows of Colonels ... 6 3 a day. 
„ Lieut. -Cols. ... 5 „ 
„ Majors ... 3 9 „ 

„ Captains ... 2 6 „ ,: 

" Converted when payable in India into 
Rupees at 2s. OJd. the Rupee." 
Govt, of in- « With reference to the foregoing, the 
No. 586, 22 P ' Hon'ble the President in Council is pleas- 



May 1855. ed to notify the following as the proper 
equivalent at 2s. OJd. per Company's 
Rupee for the English rates of Pension to 
the Classes enumerated, viz," 



Vade-Mecum. 327 



Per Mensem. 

Widow of a Colonel, Co.'s Rs. 93 2 10 

„ ,, Lieut. Colonel, ... ,, 74 8 8 

„ ,, Major, ... „ 55 14 6 

„ ,, Captain, ... „ 37 4 4 



Chapter XLIX 

Miscellaneous Subjects. 
Table Money. 
Chaplains and Assistant Chaplains em- ,Y ida J °' d ? r 

r _ r of Govt of In- 

ployed on Givil duty for whom a Passage dia, l Sept. 
may be provided, under competent Autho- t, y M ' r# jJJSa ' 
rity, in a Government Vessel, if their Sa- 
laries do not exceed 600 Rupees a month, 
the Government will pay half the Table 
Money, leaving the other half to be reco- 
vered from the Officers, and if their Sala- 
ries exceed 6Q0 Rupees a month, the Offi- 
cers shall defray the whole Charge them- 
selves. 



328 Bengal Chaplain's 



Letter of 



GoVtl} India . The Rule applicable to Military Re- 
Fini. Dept. gimental Officers and to Chaplains does 
Oct 18551 to n °fc entitle either Class of Public Servants 

»ry FMe? 1 *' to have an F P ortion of their Table Money 
Comm. by paid by Government when proceeding 
Adn. Pratt. &Qm Porfc tQ porfc on Medim } Certificate:' 

Registrar's Fees on Certificates of 
Baptism, Marriage and Burial. 

cat Registrar's u By the Table of Fees hitherto sanc- 

^ e ovTof°JBe 6 n tione( * b 7 tne Bishops, and the present 

gat, 2 Nov. Metropolitan, the whole Fees on a Certi- 

by Adn. Pratt, ficate of Baptism, Marriage and Burial 

granted at the instance of, and for the use 

or benefit of the Applicant, and not at the 

instance of Government, including the 

search and letters written, are Co's Rs« 6; 

but such Fees where the Applicant is 

either a Private Soldier or any poor per 



Vade-Mecum. 329 



son in the employment of Government, 
or otherwise, and to whom or whose Fa* 
mily it would be a hardship to pay such 
or any Charges, the practice of the Office 
has always been to relinquish all claim 
whatever as to such Fees.-" 

(( I would also have the honor to state 
for the further information of the Govern- 
ment upon this point, that whenever such 
Documents from the Registry are required 
by the Government, or any Copy of Pa- 
pers recorded or registered, whether of the 
same kind, or nature as those alluded to, 
or any other, are applied for, for the ser- 
vice or for the information of the Govern- 
ment, its Officers or Servants, the practice 
is to furnish the same not only free of 
expense, but to afford every facility in 
supplying what may be necessary with re- 



330 Bengal Chaplain's 



ference to the same. The Remuneration 
for such service being thought to be cover- 
ed by the general Salary allowed to the 
Registrar." 

The Right called Copyright. 
Stephen^ tc ipi ie subject is now mainly regulated 

Commentaries, ** ■* 

vol. ii. pp. 34, by 5 and 6 Vict. c. 45, which (after re- 
W>L md ' pealing 8 Anne, c. 19, 41 Geo. III. c. 
107, and 54 Geo. III. c. 156) pro- 
vides still more amply in favour of 
Literature by an Enactment that the copy- 
right of every booh (under which word is 
included, in the constructiou of the Act, 
' every volume, part, or division of a vo- 
lume, pamphlet, sheet of letter-press, sheet 
of music, map, chart, or plan, separately 
published,' ) which shall be published in 
the life-time of its Author, shall endurefor 



Vade-Mecum. 331 



his natural life, and for seven years long- 
er ; or if the seven years shall expire be- 
fore the end of forty-two years from the 
first publication, shall endure for such pe- 
riod of forty-two years ; and that when 
the work is posthumous, the copyright 
shall endure for forty-two years from the 
first publication, and shall belong to the 
Proprietor of the Author's Manuscript.' ' 

For a proof that the Eight treated of 
in the foregoing Paragraph, can be enforc- 
ed in the Territories under the Govern- 
ment of the East India Company, vide 
Act No. XX. of 1847. 

Examination of Cadets. 

The Hon'ble the President in Council 
is pleased to direct, that Boards for the Mil - Dept. 
Examination of Cadets appointed abroad, j U n e 1355. 



Govt, of India, 



332 



Bengal Chaplain's 



to the Honorable Company's Service, 
shall hereafter be assembled at the Seats 
of the Local Governments and shall be 
composed as follows :— 

*An Officer of En- 
gineers, 
One of the Chap- 
lains on the Es- 
tablishment, to 
be selected by the 
Lord Bishop. 
The Secretary to 
the Board of Ex- 
aminers. 
: An Officer of En- 
gineers (Chief 
Engineer or Su- 
perintending En- 



At Calcutta,. •. ... ^ 



Agra and Lahore, 



Vade-Mecum. 



333 



Agra and Lahore, < 



gineer when pre- 
sent at the Sta- 
tion.) 
A Military Chap- 
lain. 

A Third Officer, 
either a Civil, 
Military or Me- 
dical Officer, to 
he selected by 
the Local Go- 
vernment.' * 
" 3. When there may he Candidates 
for Examination, the Boards will meet on 
the second Tuesday of each month. The 
Senior at the Board is to preside.*' 

(( 4. No fees will be allowed to the 
Members of the Board ; but any Member 



334 Bengal Chaplain^ 



not present at the Station where the Board 
is assembled shall have his expences by- 
Dak or other Conveyance paid from his 
proper Station and back to it on present- 
ing his Bill at the Pay Office, countersign- 
ed by the President of the Board." 



Chapter 2b. 

Services of Clergymen not Chaplains. 
Court of Di. "Para. 7. If at any time, instead of 

rectors Uesp. > p . ' . 

Ecci. Dept. taking Chaplains off their regular Duties, 

3 855,' "to P the f° r tne purpose of visiting the Out-Sta- 
Govt. of Mad- t - ons t h e Lqj.^ Bi s i 10 p may be able to 

ras, quoted by . . 

the Govt, of avail himself of the services, on that oc- 
Letter No! casion, of some other Clergyman of the 
677, 25 May Established Church, of whose qualifica- 

1855, to Bp. y x 

WUson. tions, although not in our regular employ, 

Comm.by Adn ^ feeIs ^VXS&, we ^ nofc ob j ect to 



Vade-Mecum. 335 



the payment to such Clergyman of the 
amount which would have been received 
as an Extra Allowance by a regular Chap- 
lain for the performance of this Duty. By 
this means the services of the regular 
Chaplains may be retained more exclu- 
sively for the discharge of their own Sta- 
tion Duties.-" 

a His Honor in Council will be prepar- Letter of 

t . , . , , . „ Govt, of In- 

ed in any case in which the services ot a ^ia, No. 90 1. 
Chaplain of the regular Establishment may 20 July 1855. 

r ° J to Bp. Wilson, 

be required, but not available, for a particu- Comm. by 
lar Station, to sanction the grant of an Al- Adn * Pratt ' 
lowance of Rupees 100 per mensem to a 
Clergyman of the above mentioned, [the 
Additional Clergy^] or any other, Society, 
whom your Lordship may appoint for the 
performance of the Duties of such a Sta- 



336 Bengal Chaplain's 



tion, and whom the Local Governments 
may recommend for such Allowance. " 
Letter of " 2. As it appears that a sum equal 

Govt. N.W.P., I n T> r 

No. 895, li to nearly 11 Kupees per mensem was ior- 
Adn Praft t0 mer ty expended as Travelling Allowances 
for the Stations referred to, [Muttra, Myn- 
pooree and ShajehanporeJ and as that 
Charge has "been rendered unnecessary by 
the appointment of a Clergyman by the 
Additional Clergy Society to each of the 
Stations, the Lieutenant-Governorc onsiders 
it fair and reasonable that a Charge equi- 
valent to the Amount saved should be 
borne by the Government towards defray- 
ing the Expenses of the several Churches 
in question." 

u 3. His Honor is accordingly pleased 
to sanction the Disbursement so long as 



Vade-Mecum. 337 



Clergymen from the Additional Clergy 
Society shall remain at the several Sta- 
tions, but in case of removal of any of 
the Clergymen the Allowance attached to 
the Church of his Station shall cease." 



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